๐ Thank you for a great summer of Barrel Train rides at Central Market!! And thank you to all our Historical Society volunteers who bring the fun for you & your families!
๐ซ This fall & winter, visit the ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ at the Franklin Center!
๐ We are open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays, September – May!
๐ฐ๏ธ 11am till 3pm
๐ช Enter Door G
Each year, Griffith Third Graders participate in a week-long activity called โThe ElmerJ Program,โ sponsored by the Historical Society. Students learn about our townโs history and visit our Historical Park as part of their social studies curriculum.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.
Our volunteers & the Canadian National Police Service do presentations & tours at no cost, but there is a fee for the bus & books that the students use for the program. We donโt want any student to miss out, so we are asking for donations to cover the fees. We hope to raise $1500 this year, and we have about $1000 more to go.
(๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.)
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
Donate online at ghsinc.org/donate or send a check, payable to Griffith Historical Society, to 201 N. Griffith Blvd, #3, Griffith, IN 46319.
Thank you,
Martha Gatlin, Director
๐บ๐ธ ๐๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ!
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.
๐ฆJoin us to celebrate the return of the monarchs, as they migrate up from the south!
๐๏ธSunday May 24, 2026
๐ฐ๏ธ 1 – 4 pm
๐ซ Visit the Griffith Depot & Train Museums (everything will be open to view!) and enjoy our Monarch Waystation garden!
๐ฆLearn about Monarchs, their amazing migration, & how they’ve become endangered. Jeanette Bobos, the retired Master Gardner who planted our garden, will be on on hand to share her knowledge.
๐Learn about adding native plants to your garden.
๐ปBuy plants that help butterflies, especially monarchs! Weโll have a small selection of milkweed plants & other native plants.
