๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ!

Each year, Griffith Third Graders participate in a week-long activity called โ€œThe ElmerJ Program,โ€ sponsored by the Historical Society. Students learn about our townโ€™s history and visit our Historical Park as part of their social studies curriculum.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

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 donโ€™t 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.

(๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.)

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

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

Thanks for a great Santa in Caboose!

๐ŸŽ„Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas from the Griffith Historical Society!
๐ŸŽ…Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and came out to Santa in the Caboose!! From our volunteers to those of you who visited and left a donation, we couldn’t do it without you!
๐Ÿš‚As a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, all of your donations go directly to the upkeep of the Train & Depot Museums and the Town History Museum at the Franklin Center. We appreciate you and your support!

๐Ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ – ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’

๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™œ๐™– – ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง
๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ!

It was 25 years ago, and we are still grateful to everyone who donated time and money to help us preserve the Tower and save it from demolition.

Thanks to the businesses and banks that allowed us to put donation jars on their counters, and thanks to all the Griffith residents who put money in the jars! Thanks to all the Historical Society members, who volunteered every step of the way, and of course, thank you to all the people and businesses who donated money towards this gigantic project!

It was really a town-wide effort, and is a monument to the spirit of Griffith!

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!