Month: February 2017

2017 African American Trailblazer Ceremony Honors Local Citizens

February 23, 2017

In celebration of Black History Month, Westchester County held the 18th annual “Trailblazer Awards” ceremony at the Jay Heritage Center…. Read More

New African American Heritage Trail Brochures Unveiled; 2017 Trailblazers Announced

February 13, 2017

Feb. 13, 2017 – In celebration of Black History Month, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino was joined today by… Read More

Will Rye move 200-year-old mile marker?

February 3, 2017

by Gabriel Rom for the Journal News An almost century-long debate has simmered over the historical authenticity of Rye’s three… Read More

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Past Newsletters & Highlights

JANUARY 2022 – New Trustee; Hort Director; Programs PLUS Remembering Jon Pattengill and Jane Moffat
WINTER 2021 – Tigertones and Metrotones Concert
NOVEMBER 2021 – Annual Appeal and Tulip Workshop
OCTOBER 2021 – Highlights from Jayne Luncheon; Water Workshop; and David Grann Talk
FALL 2021 – Bandits on the Run Outdoor Concert is Huge Success!
SEPTEMBER 2021 – Hiring a Hort Director; PAJ Portrait Donated; Kiki Montgomery is Jay Awardee
AUGUST 2021 – Preview Tours of the Jay Gardens Plus Our First School Program
JULY 2021 – Telling the Full Story at Historic Sites Plus Birdwatching at the Jay Estate
JUNE 2021 – Clean Water Forum; African-American Cemetery Restoration Commemorates Juneteenth
MAY 2021 – Memorial Day
SPRING 2021 – I Love My Parks Day & Elizabeth Kolbert on our Environment
APRIL 2021 – Caste with Isabel Wilkerson; Garden Volunteer Opportunities
MARCH 2021 – Women’s History Month with Amanda Foreman; Tom Ricks on the Founders
FEBRUARY 2021 – Black History Month, Trailblazers PLUS Conversations with Samantha Power, Gretchen Sorin
JANUARY 2021 – Culinary Justice with Michael Twitty, Lavada Nahon and Lori Fontanes
WINTER 2021 PROGRAMS – Black History, Social Justice, Diplomacy and Women’s History
DECEMBER 2020 – 2021 Speakers: Twitty, Powers, Sorin, Ricks, Foreman
NOVEMBER 2020 – Year in Review, Garden Updates, Annual Appeal
SEPTEMBER 2020 – Climate Action w/ Revkin, Tallamy and Sanderson; Tennis House Phase I Complete; Columbia Reconstructs Jay
SUMMER 2020 – JHC Breaks Ground on Historic Jay Gardens Restoration; Alger Makes $20,000 Gift to Social Justice; Invasive Species Threaten Birds and Wildlife
JULY 2020 – What Hamilton Missed; Brent Leggs & Jorge Otero-Pailos on Preserving Black History; Meet Inaugural Jay Fellows from Columbia’s GSAPP
JUNE 2020 – Supporting Our African American Partners and Community
SPRING 2020 Jay for Kids Issue – Nature and History Activities
MAY 2020 – Tatiana Schlossberg, Palmer Tennis House Update & Garden Club of America News
EARTH DAY 2020, JHC in Scientific American, Politico, PLUS the Meaning of Excelsior
APRIL 2020 – JHC Launches Virtual Programming Including Video Classics with Doug Tallamy
Coronavirus Update – Message to Supporters
MARCH 2020 – Women’s History Month PLUS New Board Members Otero-Pailos & Goddard
ANNOUNCEMENT: A New Pavilion for the Jay Gardens Thanks to Gerry Charitable Trust
JANUARY 2020 – Speakers Norris, Schlossberg, Golodryga & Atkinson Plus Justice Roberts Invokes Jay
DECEMBER 2019 – Annual Appeal, List of 2019 Accomplishments and Programs
NOVEMBER 2019 – Thankful for Open Spaces, New Trustees and Supporters Like You!
OCTOBER 2019 – Jay Gardens Explored Saturday PLUS Nieuw Amsterdam Soirée
FALL 2019 – Jay Day, Seaweed with Josie Iselin, Preserving African American Heritage
SEPTEMBER 2019 – Tullet Returns to JAY DAY Family Festival This Sunday
MIDSUMMER 2019 – Russell Shorto & Dutch Manhattan, Woodstock Jams at 50
ANNOUNCEMENT – New Executive Director Kevin Peraino
JUNE 2019 – The Slave Dwelling Project Comes to Rye Sunday, June 9th
MAY 2019 – I Love My Park Day This Saturday! Community Service Hours for All!
SPRING 2019 – Household Gods:The Religious Lives of the Adams Family
APRIL 2019 – New Trustees, Green Tigers Roar & Washington’s Portrait
MARCH 2019 – Hamilton’s Doctor Was A Botanist – Meet NYT Bestseller Victoria Johnson
FEBRUARY 2019 – Black History Month Events: Alexis Clark & Jennifer Austin Jones PLUS The Kept Private Theater Presentation
JANUARY 2019 EVENTS – MLK Celebration; “Jams at Jay” Takes the Chill Away with Bluegrass
2018 LAST NOTES – Gardens Shovel Ready! Portraits of William Jay, Pierrepont Families Join JHC Collection
2018 ANNUAL APPEAL – Thank you for a Fabulous Year!
DECEMBER 2018 – Historic Launch of Revolutionary Westchester at John Jay’s Home in Rye
NOVEMBER 2018 Newsletter – Was Washington in Love with a Loyalist? Author Mary Calvi Tells All 12/8
OCTOBER 2018 EVENTS – Over 1300 Enjoy Jay Day & Virgil’s; Doug Tallamy Talks Trees October 5
AUGUST 2018 – Peter Kenny of Classical American Homes Speaks September 12
JULY 2018 – TIME Mag Names Jay; PBS Film Screening & Talk With Author Eric Jaffe
SUMMER PROGRAMS 2018
JUNE 2018 – Top History Awardees Include Jay Heritage, Preservation of African American History
MAY 2018 – I Love My Park Day Photos & Memorial Day Plans
APRIL 2018 – May Programs: Landscape Architect Thomas Rainer & Sailing Historian John Rousmaniere
MARCH 2018 – New Trustees, Volunteer Open Houses, Daffodil Show & Earth Events
MARCH 2018 – In Memoriam – Friend & Benefactor, Joseph J. Aresty
DECEMBER 2017 – Year End Thanks, Save the Date to Celebrate MLK, Hear Rousmaniere and Rainer
December 2017 – Celebrate John Jay’s B’day w/ Columbia Metrotones & Yale Spizzwinks
NOVEMBER 2017 -400 at Jay Soirée! PLUS NFL & Bud Light Tap Patriot’s Home for Winning Commercial
OCTOBER 2017 – Soiree SOLD OUT, High School Volunteers Matter, Pierrepont Family Gifts
OCTOBER 2017 Events – Boston Post Road Historic District, with Frank Sanchis & Paul Hicks, Jay Day
SEPTEMBER 2017 – Genealogy & Cemeteries; Sailing with Charlie Doane; Why Landmarks Matter
SEPTEMBER 2017 Events – Pop Up Wizardry w/ Robert Sabuda, Gardening w/ Anne Mottola
JULY 2017 – How US Celebrated its 25th Anniversary of Independence
JUNE 2017 – Jay Soirée Marks 25th, PBS & History Channel Film at Jay
MAY 2017 – Rye Presbyterian Church & China in the 1930s, I Love My Park Volunteers
APRIL 2017 – Protect Our Forests, Daffodil Show, NY Wine Tasting
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017 – Black History at Jay’s Rye Home – County Exec Unveils New Trail Brochures
JANUARY 2017 – An Inaugural Alternative, Celebrating MLK Day with Literature
DECEMBER 2016 – New JHC Website! Meet Forager Tama Matsuoka Wong
NOVEMBER 2016 – Jefferson Talk w/ Gordon Reed & Onuf, Winterthur & Central Park Icons Cantor & Miller
OCTOBER 2016 – Jay Day! Families Celebrate Fall & Hudson River Valley Ramble
SEPTEMBER 2016 – New Trustees, Architectural Design and Health, Thomas Jefferson Reexamined
JULY/AUGUST 2016 – JHC Talks with Secretary Jewell about NPS 100; Hervé Tullet Brings Art to Jay Day
JUNE 2016 – Hamilton Filmed in Rye; Ellis, Gift of 1786 Manuscript at Medal Dinner; Stargazing
MAY 2016 – Biodiversity Part of Landscape Design
APRIL 2016 – Classical Concert; Larry Weaner & Thomas Woltz Landscape Walk
MARCH 2016 – Jay Heritage Center Reviewed in the NYT: John Jay’s Home Inspires Young Americans
FEBRUARY 2016 – FREE Kids Book Reading; Jay Medal Dinner Honors Joseph Ellis & Nick Robinson
DECEMBER 2015 – Winter Thanks
NOVEMBER 2015 – Dirty, Nasty Politics 1790s Style w/ Joanne Freeman, A Cappella Toast to Jay
OCTOBER 2015 – You’re Invited – A Zebra Soiree and a 270th Birthday
SEPTEMBER 2015 – $391,056 Grant Award; Greenwich History For Book & Garden Lovers; Jay Day!
MAY 2015 – Jay Gardens Get TLC on I Love My Park Day; Historic Palmer Tennis House May Get New Life
APRIL 2015 – Great Presidents w/ Aaron Miller, Founding Fathers w/ Jonah Winter & Barry Blitt
DECEMBER 2014 – NY State Awards $500,000 to Restore Historic Jay Gardens
NOVEMBER 2014 – Celebrate Holidays with Alexa Hampton, Thomas Woltz, Barry Lewis
OCTOBER 2014 – Hearth & Earth, Focus on Living Spaces & Landscape, Stone Walls w/ Pighills
SEPTEMBER 2014 – This Fall Follow the Path Through History to Rye
MARCH 2014 – Happy Presidents Day! Save the Dates for The Politic Muse & Talking Textiles
JAN/FEB 2014 – Freedom’s Gardener w/ Myra Armstead, Bones Speak w/ David Pultz
DECEMBER 2013 – Holiday Calendar & Concert; Before & After Restoration Photos
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013 – Zebra Soiree, “Downton Abbey” w/ Curt DiCamillo & Holiday Music
SEPTEMBER 2013 – Autumn Programs at JHC – Akhil Reed Amar on Constitutions, Jay Day
MAY 2013 – Barbaralee Diamondstein-Spielvogel Landmarks of NY Exhibit Opens