The official portraits of Past Grand Knights of both Archbishop Elder council and Fr. Wittrock council (which merged with Elder in the 1970’s) have been hung in the hallway outside the council hall – former Wittrock GKs on one side and former Elder GKs on the other.
The backstory here is that these portraits once hung on the wall inside the council hall until we had water damage to the hall back in 2010. It was this damage that led to the renovation of the hall with the rich paneling and green walls that you see today. The portraits were placed in a box and have resided in a closet for the last nearly 15 years. It is fitting to restore them to a place of visibility and honor where current council members can view and pay tribute to those who preceded us as Knights of Columbus!
