๐บ๐ธ๐๐ก’๐ #๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต!! โฐ Tuesday August 18th 8:35 am, +/-15 min ๐ The train will be traveling eastbound on the South Bend main which is across from the Depot. ๐ซOur Depot & Train Museum will be open! We have Griffith t-shirts & magnets.
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.
๐ฆJoin us to celebrate the return of the monarchs, as they migrate up from the south! ๐๏ธSunday May 24, 2026 ๐ฐ๏ธ 1 – 4 pm
๐ซ Visit the Griffith Depot & Train Museums (everything will be open to view!) and enjoy our Monarch Waystation garden! ๐ฆLearn 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. ๐Learn about adding native plants to your garden. ๐ปBuy plants that help butterflies, especially monarchs! Weโll have a small selection of milkweed plants & other native plants.
๐บ๐ธ ๐๐’๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ! โฆโฆโโ โโ โฆโฆ(๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ?) โค๏ธ๐ค๐Griffith 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. ๐บ๐ธWe hope you enjoy them this summer as we continue to celebrate America’s 250th birthday!
Griffith History Museums 