History is made by those who show up.
Happy Election Day!
Let’s Make History!
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ
๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ซ๐ค
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ
Not only were the uniforms different, but the rules were different, too.
Check out these articles about how football has changed over the years.
โhttps://www.sportsattic.com/araig/NflRulesHistory.htm
โhttps://www.dawgsbynature.com/2021/6/8/22460859/odd-original-football-rules-that-are-no-longer-used
โhttps://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2019/09/02/NFL-100/Evolution.aspx
Griffith’s 1st Football Team – 50 years later
๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ซ๐ค
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
Griffith’s 1st Football Team – 50 years later
1934 -1984
Do you recognize anyone in this picture?
(And to think that it’s been another 40 years since then!)
Griffith’s Football Field Dedication in 1938
๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ซ๐ค
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
Griffith’s Football Field Dedication in 1938
How much do you think the field has changed over the years?
En garde! 1950’s Fencing Club
๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ซ๐ค
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
En garde! Check out this 1950’s Fencing Club group photo ๐คบ
Do you know anyone in this photo? Or when Griffith High’s Fencing Club faded away?
โIf you are in this photo, how are your parries and attacks holding up?
๐คบTouchรฉ!
Math Club 1963
๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ซ๐ค
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
These Griffith High Math Club Officers helped their club build a computer in 1963. We wonder how big it was or how many functions it could perform.
If you’re in this photo or know who is, tell us how you feel about your smartphone today!
Fill ‘er up, please!
๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ซ๐ค
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
Getting your first car is usually an unforgettable part of the high school experience, as well as the adventures with friends that come along with it. Then, as now, fueling up is part of the experience.
34-cent per gallon gas in the 1970s is equivalent to about $2.86 in 2023 dollars.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐๐’๐ฌ
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐๐’๐ฌ
Students built and operated what was called a โHamโ radio, which originally was developed as an emergency broadcast system. Students could talk across town, around the world, into space for fun, or in times of need: all without the Internet or cell phones.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ “๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด 100” ๐๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Memorial Day
On Memorial Day we honor those service men and women who ‘gave all,’ fighting to keep America free.
Memorial Day began on May 30th, 1868, as โDecoration Day,โ ย a way to honor American soldiers who died in the Civil War by decorating their graves with flowers each spring. It continued as a an informal patriotic holiday until was expanded after World War I to honor fallen service men and women from all American wars. It became a federal holiday in June, 1968.ย
Chauncey Depew Walters, 22, was the first soldier from Griffith to die in World War I. Chauncey was one of 10 brothers, all but one of them born in Griffith. All the brothers worked on the railroads.
The Griffith American Legion named their post in honor of him after the war. After Word War II and a move to a larger building, the Legion changed their name to Griffith Post 66 to honor veterans from both wars.
Griffith’s Basketball Star
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ!
๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ
๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ-๐ธ๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ท๐ถ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
Griffith History Museums 