From the Archives: 1953 Lemont Indians Little League

The Lemont Area Historical Society has generously offered to share photos and accompanying information with Patch readers each week, depicting people, places and things from the village's storied past.

This week's featured photo is of the 1953 Little League Lemont Indians baseball team. The Lemont Little League celebrated its opening day on Memorial Day, 1951, with six teams participating. Players were boys ages 9 to 12, and all games were played at the Recreational Bowl.

Between 1951 and 1971, the league grew to 21 teams with 365 boys participating, according to the Lemont Area Historical Society. A girls division was formed in 1976.

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Discover more about Lemont history at the historical society museum in the Old Stone Church at 306 Lemont St. The museum is open to the public and welcomes visitors. For more information, visit the LAHS web site at http://www.lemonthistorical.org/ or contact lemontahs@sbcglobal.net.

The Lemont Area Historical Society also invites readers to share their photos of Lemont’s past, to be added to the LAHS archives.

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