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Santa in the Caboose!🎅🚃

🎅𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲!🚃

Join us!!

🎄Saturday, Dec 9 (10am – 4pm) & 🎄Sunday, Dec 10 (Noon – 4pm)

❄️Give a donation, enjoy a private visit with Santa
❄️Take photos & video, we’ll take a family picture for you
❄️Our Holiday Bake Sale in our Depot, plus:
❄️ Daisy Troop 15620, with stocking stuffer snacks
❄️Brownie Troop 35647, with ornaments/decorative candle jars
❄️Cub Scout Pack 622 & Boy Scout Troop 623, with hot dogs, & hot chocolate, and holding a clothing drive for Sojourner Truth House in Gary!

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Sundays at the Depot: THE SCOUTS ARE COMING!

Our Historical Park has hosted Railroad Fairs, Santa Claus and even a Halloween event years ago. But next Sunday will be a first for us!

Boy Scout Troop 623, sponsored by the Griffith Isaac Walton League, will be camping overnight at our Park, September 16-17. They will set up camp late Saturday afternoon and sleep in the railcars.

On Sunday, they will take a tour of the Park’s Depot, railcars and Tower. Both buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures.

Stop by our Griffith Historical Park, 201 S. Broad St., on Sunday if you’d like to see Scouting in action and learn more about Boy Scout Troop 623, or Cub Scout Pack 622.

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SUNDAYS AT THE DEPOT – AUG 6 – PURPLE HEART DAY

Have you ever wondered about how the Purple Heart military award got its name?

Or how the award even came to be? Hint. It’s way older than you think.

August 7th is National Purple Heart Day, so come on down to the Griffith Historical Society’s first Sunday at the Depot event on August 6th at the Griffith Historical Park, 201 S. Broad Street. 

Griffith resident, Karen Kulinski, will be on hand from 1 to 4 p.m. to answers these questions and more. Karen is the author of to beautifully illustrated, THE MEDAL WITH A HEART, which tells the tale of how the Purple Heart came to be. Books will be available for purchase.

For more info on Karen and her books: www.karenkulinski.com

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SUNDAYS AT THE DEPOT

Used to be, the railroad depot was the networking hotspot in every town…
The place to come for the latest news…
The place to watch who came and left on the trains… 
The place to find out what was going on in your area of the world.

Our Grand Trunk Depot will soon be a happening place again,
with our “Sundays at the Depot” programs!

On various Sundays, starting later this month, the Depot will be the site of historic and informational programs and the railcars will be open for viewing!

On the schedule so far is:

August 6th, 1-4 pm : “Celebrating Purple Heart Day”
Mrs. Karen Kulinski will be at the Depot sharing her book “Medal with a Heart” about the creation of the award.

In late summer, early fall, the Depot will be the stepping-off place for our popular “Historic Lantern Tour” with Corporal Peter Ghrist.

Keep checking back to find out more about our programs, new listings, and which Sundays the Tower will be open.