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Rye City Councilwoman Danielle Tagger-Epstein on John Jay and Trailblazers

March 11, 2017

A time to stand together

Past Newsletters & Highlights

  • SPRING 2020 Jay for Kids Issue – Nature and History Activities
  • MAY 2020 – Tatiana Schlossberg, 1917 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

Recent Posts

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  • What Hamilton Missed – Musicals and Monuments
  • JHC Welcomes 2020 Jay Fellows
  • Am I Not a Man and a Brother?
  • Preserving African American Historic Places with Brent Leggs

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