To our many members and contributors who have made 2013 a banner year for John Jay Homestead! With your support, our visitor experience has been enhanced in the following ways: - The opening of the Carriage Barn Education and Visitor Center in May 2013
- New family programming including six new Discovery Centers and Play Days@Jay
- Expansion of our school programs to over 2800 students
- Expansion of the Farm Market from 33 to 41 vendors
- Enhanced recreational programming including the 1 ½ mile Jay Walking perimeter trail and the children's outdoor backpack programs
- New partnerships with local organizations including a tour of Homestead portraits in collaboration with Katonah Museum of Art's Eye to I exhibition
- Garden beautification- The Herb Society and the Rusticus, Bedford, and Hopp Ground garden clubs maintain exquisite gardens on site - this year the Rusticus Garden Club propagated and planted 17 heirloom fruit trees
Thank you for your continued support of John Jay Homestead. An Original American Experience KEEP THE AMERICAN STORY ALIVE Join the Friends today
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2014 Scholars Lecture Series
Long Path to Equality
Tuesday, January 7
Gilbert King
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Thursday, February 6
Craig D. Townsend, PhD, Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City
Tuesday, March 11 Philip Kunhardt, "What Makes a Transformative Life?" Lectures are held in the ballroom at John Jay Homestead. Registration and refreshments begin at 6:15 pm. Lectures begin at 7 pm. For more information, please call 914-232-8119.
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SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, May 31, 2014
In the Garden
a celebration of the Homestead Gardens
and
honoring retiring Executive Director
Wendy Ross
Cocktails Dinner Dancing
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
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