America 250-Ohio & Granville Celebrates America’s Outdoors

America Goes Outdoors with a Special Program by Speaker Jeff Gill (Wandering Storyteller) at Granville’s Opera Park. After the program all are welcome to join Jeff Gill and take a walk to Sugar Loaf Park, location of the Granville 1905 celebration. Granville has a rich history of embracing parks and of tree planting as far back as April 1896 when the village and township had a dedication on top of Sugar Loaf park and planted over 300 Saplings. Sugar Loaf Park was once called Stone Hill as the original settlers in 1805 used trees from both Sugar Loaf and Mt Parnassus to build homes and other buildings in Granville. The residents saw the importance of public park space and the necessity to plant trees and return the areas back to natural settings. In April 1896 residents met in downtown Granville and walked up to the top of Sugar Loaf park and enjoy planting trees and having a picnic. ADA accessible at Opera Park. This Signature program is also part of the AM250-OH Granville’s Historical Adventure Pass Booklet Challenge Program which rewards the first 250 people to attend & complete 6 of the Monthly Challenges Questions between January 2026 – December 2026 with an America250-Ohio historical commemorative keepsake. The Host for the Program will reveal the full question and answers at its program. This event is free and open to the Public. For all ages. ADA accessible at Opera Park. This is an outdoor event.