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CN’s #America250 Train Rolling through Griffith

🇺🇸𝗖𝗡’𝘀 #𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗵!!
⏰ Tuesday August 18th 8:35 am, +/-15 min
🚄 The train will be traveling eastbound on the South Bend main which is across from the Depot.
🏫Our Depot & Train Museum will be open! We have Griffith t-shirts & magnets.

Vote for your favorite locomotive from the CN: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DZs2EmgdZ/

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Liberty Trees Planted to Honor America’s 250th 🌳

🇺🇸 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫!

As part of our celebration and dedication to preserve and honor historical events, the Griffith Historical Society was proud to partner with local schools to plant “Liberty Trees” in honor of America’s 250th Anniversary.

Student volunteers and our America 250 Committee got to work to plant a serviceberry tree at Beiriger, a maple tree at Wadsworth, an oak tree at Griffith High School, and another oak tree at St. Mary School.

Soon, we’ll have plaques to commemorate the trees’ significance. We hope the trees will be a continuing symbol and memorial for this historic year!

Special thanks to John Chance, principal of Griffith High School, Georgia Smith, the Director of Maintenance at the Griffith Public Schools, and Rebecca Maskovich, principal of St. Mary School, as well as our Griffith Historical Society volunteers, Valerie & John Wotkun and Marthann Gatlin, for coordinating and planting the trees, and Ken Karlstedt for taking photos.

Beiriger – Serviceberry Tree

Wadsworth – Maple Tree

High School – Oak Tree

St. Mary School – Oak Tree

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Butterfly Day 2026

🦋Join us to celebrate the return of the monarchs, as they migrate up from the south!
🗓️Sunday May 24, 2026
🕰️ 1 – 4 pm

🏫 Visit the Griffith Depot & Train Museums (everything will be open to view!) and enjoy our Monarch Waystation garden!
🦋Learn about Monarchs, their amazing migration, & how they’ve become endangered. Jeanette Bobos, the retired Master Gardner who planted our garden, will be on on hand to share her knowledge.
🐝Learn about adding native plants to your garden.
🌻Buy plants that help butterflies, especially monarchs! We’ll have a small selection of milkweed plants & other native plants.

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🇺🇸Flowers for 250 Years!

🇺🇸 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫!
……❈★❈★……(𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥?)
❤️🤍💙Griffith Historical Society’s America 250 Committee worked with Imagine Griffith and citizen volunteers to plant red, white and blue flowers throughout downtown Griffith. The flowers were provided courtesy of the Parks Department.
🇺🇸We hope you enjoy them this summer as we continue to celebrate America’s 250th birthday!