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En garde! 1950’s Fencing Club

๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ’› ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—› ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ! ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ–ค
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ!

En garde! Check out this 1950’s Fencing Club group photo ๐Ÿคบ

Do you know anyone in this photo? Or when Griffith High’s Fencing Club faded away?
โš”If you are in this photo, how are your parries and attacks holding up?

๐ŸคบTouchรฉ!

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Preserving History Networking Seminar

A little catch up on our summer activities:

On Wednesday, June 5th, Griffith Historical Society Board Members Martha Gatlin, Karen Kulinski, Belinda Stark, and Ken Karlstedt, Sr. attended Cedar Lake Historical Associationโ€™s Afternoon at the Lake. They were there with other volunteers and professionals from Calumet area historical organizations to participate in a โ€œPreserving History Networking Seminarโ€ .

Thank you to everyone for sharing your knowledge and insight with us!

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Recap: Sundays at the Depot; Moving Freight Along the Great Lakes

Thanks again, to photographer Max Crosby, for filling our Depot Museum and Historical Park with his incredible photos of magic moments on theย rails.ย We loved your dynamic images and the amazing turnout you brought with you.

Thank you to Griffith Daisy Troop 15620, Cub Scout Pack 622, and Boy Scout Troop 623 for providing refreshments!

It was a wonderful weekend!

Check out more of Max’s work:
https://youtube.com/@peremarquette1223?si=3VYUDQFa2D7fRJnt