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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž โ€™๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ’๐ฌ

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˜ฆ’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˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž โ€™๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ’๐ฌ

Students built and operated what was called a โ€œHamโ€ 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.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ “๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด 100” ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

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victoriavm Activities & Events, Sundays at the Depot, Support the History Museums, Parks, & Rail-Cam

Clickety Clack!ย  A Camera Down the Tracks

Come down to the Griffith Historical Park to view a specialย photographyย display,ย โ€œMoving Freight Along the Great Lakes”,ย from 1 to 4 p.m., on June 15th and 16th.ย ย 

The work showcases the railroads of the Great Lakes Region in action, moving freight forward to destinations all over the country. 

Max Crosby, the photographer, has loved trains for longer than he can remember, and is passionate about capturing magic moments on the rails. He is talented, knowledgeable and has a wonderful eye for new and fresh compositions.

The photographs, a sample shown below, will be displayed colorfully and dynamically, along with descriptions throughout our iconic sleeper car. Guests can linger, experiencing trains, history, and pondering what it REALLY takes to move freight among the Great Lakes.

Our Grand Trunk Western Depot will be open, as well as our Road Caboose and Tower (which is celebrating its 100th birthday!)

Griffith Daisy Troop 15620 will have cookies and lemonade for sale on Saturday.

On both weekend days, Cub Scout Pack 622 and Boy Scout Troop 623, will be on hand selling hot dogs and chips, and pop on Sunday. Picnic tables will be available.

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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 โ€œDecoration 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.