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Tag: African American History

Telling the Full Story: Reinterpreting History in New York

July 15, 2021

The Jay Heritage Center was honored to be a part of this meaningful collaboration with peer historic sites that are… Read More

From January to Juneteenth – Conserving Stones and Stories at the African- American Cemetery in Rye

June 19, 2021

On January 30, 2021, a handful of individuals in Covid masks and winter coats, met at a small one-acre burial… Read More

Preserving African American Historic Places with Brent Leggs

June 9, 2020

Brent Leggs, an accomplished advocate for the preservation of African-American historical sites, will speak at JHC as part of a… Read More

Jay Estate Hosts 2020 Trailblazers Awards

January 23, 2020

For the seventh year running, the Jay Heritage Center hosted Westchester County’s annual Black History Month and Trailblazers Awards, sponsored… Read More

History and Stewardship Matter for Every Age!

November 15, 2019

On Friday, November 15, about 50 5th and 7th graders from Resurrection School joined us for a free field trip… Read More

Tour and Exhibit Immerse Attendees in Westchester’s African-American History

October 2, 2019

On Saturday, September 28, 2019, more than 130 visitors poured into the African American Cemetery in Rye — for the… Read More

Preserving Westchester’s African-American Heritage: Engaging Youth & Community

September 21, 2019

County Executive George Latimer Invites you to join the Westchester County African-American Advisory Board, African-American History in Westchester Commemoration Committee… Read More

How Can We Best Preserve African American History in Rye and Westchester?

June 14, 2019

Preservation of African American history takes real scholarship, advocacy and partnerships. These places matter! More than 90 individuals of every… Read More

Women Leaders Recognized by Sen. Shelley Mayer

April 3, 2019

On Saturday, March 23rd State Senator Shelley B. Mayer lauded women leaders in Westchester County. She hosted her 3rd Annual Women’s History… Read More

County Executive Honors Trailblazers for Black History Month in Home Town of Rye

February 27, 2018

Westchester County honored four remarkable African American citizens for their professional accomplishments and community efforts at the 19th Annual Black… 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

Recent Posts

  • VIDEO: Kerri K. Greenidge and Harold Holzer on “The Grimkes”
  • JHC Welcomes Office Manager Meredith Slater
  • AWAH Literary Celebration with Ginger McKnight-Chavers
  • JHC Welcomes New Trustee, Lindsay Martin
  • Poet David Mills on “Boneyarn”

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