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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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Donate your Halloween stuff!

🎃𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺𝘀!
☠️We are planning something spooky and fun for 2026 and we could use your help!
👻Can’t fit all those Halloween items into the garage? Consider donating them to us! 🦇Email [email protected]!

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Special General Membership Meeting

Please join us for a Special General Membership Meeting.
Wednesday, January 8th at 5:30 pm
•Franklin Center – Community Room
•Enter Door A

As we plan for and move strategically into 2025, the Board of Directors is recommending changes in how we operate and represent the Griffith Historical Society Museums, not only in Griffith, but across the nation within a fraternity of hundreds of other Historical Museums.

To do this, we are proposing changes in our Bylaws regarding membership.

Please join us at this Special Membership Meeting to hear about the changes and vote on them, to secure the future of the Griffith Historical Society.