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| 39th EDITION FOJJH E-NEWSLETTER |
MARCH 2012 |
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2012 SCHOLARS LECTURE SERIES
The American Revolution and the Cost of War
Wednesday, March 7, Charles Rappleye, Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution. THIS LECTURE WILL BE RESCHEDULED. Please check website for new date this fall.
Thursday, April 12, Louise North, Janet Wedge, and Landa Freeman will present their In the Words of Women-The Revolutionary War and the Birth of the Nation, 1765-1799, collecting the harrowing stories of those who lived through the war, seeing their houses and livelihoods seized by soldiers, their children shot, their fields burned, their loyalties sorely tested. Women bearing witness about the collateral victims of any war.
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To learn more or to buy tickets online,
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SPRING BREAK MINI-CAMPS
Monday, April 2 through Thursday, April 5, 2012
Come join the fun at our Spring Break Mini-Camps! This program is for kids five to ten with each day focusing on a different subject, including spies, cooking, chicken keeping and what it was like to live 200 years ago.
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May 19, 2012
The Friends of John Jay Homestead will host The Carriage Ball, a black tie gala to celebrate the initiation of construction on the Carriage Barn Education and Visitor Center. The event will also include presentation of the Founders Award to Friends Trustee and former Board president, Sascha Douglass Greenberg and her husband, Evan Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Ace Group.
For more information or to buy tickets, CLICK HERE
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BECOME A MEMBER
As a member of Friends of John Jay Homestead, you:
- Become a steward of a priceless national treasure, helping to preserve and restore the historic house, grounds and outbuildings
- Enable our educational programs to reach more than 5,000 school children each year
- Support the schedule of programs and events that has made the Homestead a vital center of recreational, cultural and community activities
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To learn more about membership,
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