FOX59 Morning News: Your Hometown Greenfield

GREENFIELD, Ind. -- More than 400 exhibitors will be set up on the streets of Greenfield this weekend as the annual Riley Festival opened Thursday.




Crews with the FOX59 Morning News took this year's event as an opportunity to showcase not only the festival, but Greenfield as a whole, as part of the Your Hometown series.




According to the festival's website, the exhibitors will be set up on the streets around the town's 100-year-old courthouse for the festival, which lasts through Sunday. The festival celebrates the birthday of famed "Hoosier Poet" James Whitcomb Riley.






Each year, one of Riley's poems is selected as the theme for the respective year's festival. This year's festival will be centered around Riley's "The Yellowbird" poem.




Even though Riley died in 1916, his legacy continues to have an impact on Greenfield today. Riley's boyhood home has become a museum, giving attendees the chance to view life the way it was like when Riley grew up in Greenfield.




Riley also has a park named after him, one that has been a part of the Greenfield community for 100 years. There will be free shuttles that go from the festival to the park to celebrate its centennial.




Over the years, the Riley Festival has become the largest four-day craft festival in the state of Indiana.




For more information about the festival, click here. 




This story will be updated as the morning continues with videos from Friday's newscast.





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