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Butterfly Day 2026

๐Ÿฆ‹Join us to celebrate the return of the monarchs, as they migrate up from the south!
๐Ÿ—“๏ธSunday May 24, 2026
๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ 1 – 4 pm

๐Ÿซ Visit the Griffith Depot & Train Museums (everything will be open to view!) and enjoy our Monarch Waystation garden!
๐Ÿฆ‹Learn 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.
๐ŸLearn about adding native plants to your garden.
๐ŸŒปBuy plants that help butterflies, especially monarchs! Weโ€™ll have a small selection of milkweed plants & other native plants.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธFlowers for 250 Years!

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐–๐ž’๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ!
โ€ฆโ€ฆโˆโ˜…โˆโ˜…โ€ฆโ€ฆ(๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ?)
โค๏ธ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’™Griffith Historical Society’s America 250 Committee worked with Imagine Griffith and citizen volunteers to plant red, white and blue flowers throughout downtown Griffith. The flowers were provided courtesy of the Parks Department.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธWe hope you enjoy them this summer as we continue to celebrate America’s 250th birthday!

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Santa in the Caboose 2025

Mark your calendars for this year’s
๐ŸŽ… ๐’๐€๐๐“๐€ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐€๐๐Ž๐Ž๐’๐„! ๐Ÿšƒ
โžœ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ 13: 10 ๐’‚.๐’Ž. ๐’•๐’ 3 ๐’‘.๐’Ž.
โžœ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š, ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ 14: ๐’๐’๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ 3 ๐’‘.๐’Ž.
๐Ÿ’ธ Give a donation to see Santa (our 28th annual!) and support the upkeep (and heating!) of the Historical Park!
๐Ÿ“ธ Take as many personal photos & videos as youโ€™d like!
๐Ÿช Be sure to shop our Holiday Bake Sale and holiday stocking stuffers as well!
*๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด!

Want to volunteer for the event? Email us at [email protected]!

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Donate your Halloween stuff!

๐ŸŽƒ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€!
โ˜ ๏ธWe are planning something spooky and fun for 2026 and we could use your help!
๐Ÿ‘ปCan’t fit all those Halloween items into the garage? Consider donating them to us! ๐Ÿฆ‡Email [email protected]!

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This weekend!

It’s a busy weekend for the Historical Society!!
๐Ÿš‚Friday – LAST Barrel Train at Central Market for the Season!
๐Ÿš‚Saturday – Barrel Train at Safety Day at Central Park!
๐Ÿ›๏ธSaturday – The TOWN HISTORY Museum at the Franklin Center will be open!
๐Ÿ›ค๏ธSunday – Visit the Depot and Train Museums! Tour guides will be available. Parents of Beiriger 3rd Graders – come see what your kids learned this week!

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Get to know us!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜!
Come down to the Griffith Historical Park and visit the ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€!

Get to know us and learn a little bit about the history of the railroads and the town that came to the tracks.

โ€ข 1 – 3 pm
โ€ข 201 S Broad Street
โ€ข At the tracks, on the corner of Broad Street and Avenue A

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No rain can keep us from having Butterfly Day!

โ˜”๏ธ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜:
๐Ÿฆ‹๐‘ฉ๐‘ผ๐‘ป๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ญ๐‘ณ๐’€ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ต!!

โ€ข The Barrel Train will NOT be running
โ€ข The Depot and Train Musems WILL be open
โ€ข Our flower & butterfly experts will be inside
โ€ข The rest of the fun will be inside!

๐‘ต๐’†๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’…, ๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š!

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Get your butterfly-friendly plants!

๐Ÿฆ‹๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป?
๐ŸŒป๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€!!
๐Ÿ‘‹Join us on Sunday to get your butterfly-friendly plants, and learn more about these amazing creatures!
๐Ÿš‚Griffith Depot & Train Museums – Corner of Broad St & Ave A, next to the tracks!
๐Ÿ™Thanks Scheeringa Farms & Greenhouses for helping us choose plants butterflies love!

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Butterfly Day at the Depot!

๐Ÿฆ‹Join us to celebrate National Start Seeing Monarchs Day!
Visit Griffith’s very own butterfly garden, aptly named the Griffith Junction Butterfly Stop.
๐Ÿฆ‹ Itโ€™s the first anniversary of the garden, conceived and planted by Griffith Tri Kappa member Jeanette Bobos, and supported by the organization.
๐Ÿฆ‹May 4th is one day after National Start Seeing Monarchs Day, when America celebrates those beautiful, endangered orange and yellow creatures.

It will be a fun and interesting Sunday afternoon at the Griffith Historical Park, where:
๐Ÿš‚The Depot & Train Museums, and the Tower will be open to tour
๐Ÿš‚Our barrel train, the Hess Express, will be running
๐Ÿฆ‹Jeanette Bobos, the retired Master Gardner who planted our garden, will be on on hand to share her knowledge. Weโ€™ll have info on Monarchs and how theyโ€™ve become endangered.
๐Ÿฆ‹Kim Moor, from The Wild Ones, will be with us sharing information about adding native plants to your garden.
๐ŸŒปWant plants to help butterflies, especially Monarchs? Through the courtesy of Scheeringa Farms, weโ€™ll have a small selection of milkweed plants; black-eyed Susans, Griffith Centennialโ€™s flower in 2004; plus some Heirloom Plants, as well.
๐ŸชGirl Scout Troop 15620 will be selling cookies, lemonade, and butterfly clips.
๐ŸŒญThe Cub Scout Pack 622 and Boy Scout Troop 623 will be on hand with hotdogs, chips and pop.

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Santa in the Caboose THANK YOU!

โœจTHANK YOU THANK YOU!
๐ŸŽ…This year’s Santa in the Caboose was a huge success thanks to every visitor and so many volunteers!
๐Ÿš‚This event is fun for everyone and has a huge impact in funding the upkeep of the Depot and Train Park!

๐ŸŽ„Thanks to our old friends who come every year, and to the new friends who found us this year.
๐ŸชThanks to the Scouts and Leaders of Griffith Girl Scout Troop 15620 for baking cookies for us to sell at our bake sale and for being part of the fun with their holiday hair club and headbands.
๐ŸŒญThanks to Griffith Cub Scout Pack 622 for again selling hot dogs and hot chocolate up at the Park during the event.
๐ŸฅงThank you TriKappa for donating baked goods!
๐ŸซThanks to the Griffith Public Schools for helping get the word out about Santa in the Caboose.
๐ŸŒณThanks to the Park Department for sharing the info at Central Park.
๐ŸขThanks to all the businesses that let us put flyers in their windows.
๐Ÿ‘‹Hopefully we didn’t forget anyone!!
๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธAnd a huge thanks all the Griffith Historical Society members who decorated the Depot and railcars, worked to promote the event, made goodies to sell, and made the event run smoothly!!
โœจA special shoutout to volunteers/members Karen, Nancy, Martha Belinda, John, Laura, Valerie, Debbie, Jim and Beth for making this weekend a success!

๐ŸŽ…๐ŸคถAnd, of course, a big thanks to Santa and Mrs. Claus!

We had a wonderful time and we’ll see you next year!!