This past winter, an Apple TV+ film crew from Alena Smith’s compelling historical comedy “Dickinson” turned the Jay Meadow into… Read More
Category: Social Justice & Civic Advocacy
Forum on NYS Constitutional Amendments
Make your vote count! Election Day is coming up, and there are five amendments to NY State’s Constitution on the… Read More
David Grann Speaks at Sold-Out Program
David Grann, the #1 New York Times best-selling author, New Yorker writer, and National Book Award finalist, visited JHC on… Read More
Peter Augustus Jay Portrait Donated
The Jay Heritage Center is excited to announce the donation of an extraordinary painting of Peter Augustus Jay, the eldest… Read More
Acclaimed Author David Grann to Speak at JHC
David Grann, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of… Read More
Telling the Full Story: Reinterpreting History in New York
The Jay Heritage Center was honored to be a part of this meaningful collaboration with peer historic sites that are… Read More
Clean Water Rye: Community Forum with Save the Sound on June 30th
The Jay Estate has overlooked Long Island Sound for centuries and was saved to preserve clean water and fragile natural… Read More
From January to Juneteenth – Conserving Stones and Stories at the African- American Cemetery in Rye
On January 30, 2021, a handful of individuals in Covid masks and winter coats, met at a small one-acre burial… Read More
Juneteenth Kickoff Features Video About AAHW Commemoration Committee
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Jun Jun, and Liberation Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the… Read More
Five Towns: One Book with Isabel Wilkerson
JHC is proud to partner with the Coalition for Understanding Racism Through Education (CURE) to support “Five Towns: One Book,” a… Read More