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July 2020
John Brown Lives! invites you to a gathering on Sunday, July 5th from 5-7 PM at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site. WANDER STAY DEDICATION REFLECTION READING Frederick Douglass' speech July 5th, 1852 "what to the Negro is the Fourth of July" A CALL FOR COMPASSION AND ACTION for [...]
Find out moreAugust 2020
View the Violin Vigil for Elijah highlights video on our YouTube Channel. Due to weather the Vigil will occur on the rain date of Sunday, August 30, 4 pm instead of Saturday. The Violin Vigil for Black Lives is an open-air, free event in the Memorial Field for Black Lives, [...]
Find out moreSeptember 2020
Save the Date! Blues at Timbuctoo delivers a generously spirited, deeply meaningful day of the Blues at the home of abolitionist John Brown. Held on a grassy hillside under open skies at the 270-acre John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid, renowned vocalists, instrumentalists, performers, and storytellers come [...]
Find out moreSave the Date! Virtual screening of the award-winning short documentary of two young women and their Rites of Passage. For four years they are challenged spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically to shape the Mohawk women they become. The Mohawk Community of Akwesasne straddles the US/Canada border. www.underthehuskfilm.com/ Conversation and Q&A [...]
Find out moreNovember 2020
Please join John Brown Lives! for this very special event Closing Ceremony: Say Their Names All Saints Day 2020 at 4PM as the sun sets. (Please note sunset will be about 1 hour earlier Nov. 1st than the day before. Daylight savings time begins Sunday at 2 AM.) A movement [...]
Find out moreJanuary 2021
Photo by Janet McFetridge Join John Brown Lives! for a 1st Day Hike at the Farm celebrating Emancipation Day! Join a conversational tour of the John Brown Farm accompanied by JBL! board members and friends on New Years' Day starting 11 am with hikes running through 1 pm. Free event, [...]
Find out moreMay 2021
Watch the program recording on YouTube- https://youtu.be/NXu8pmjabh4 Histories of the John Brown Farm 125 year ago, the Adirondack home of abolitionists John and Mary Brown was acquired by New York State ensuring that it would "continue to be dedicated and used for the purposes of a public park or reservation [...]
Find out moreJohn Brown Lives! present: Virtual Author Talk on May 19th at 7 pm A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in the North Country with author Dr. C. Jefferson Hall Jr. The public is invited to join a virtual book talk on a fascinating and previously overlooked area of [...]
Find out moreJune 2021
Birding with Larry Master June 5th: Guided Bird Walk with Larry Master, 8-11 am. Join renowned conservation biologist and photographer Larry Master to discover the birds of the John Brown Farm. Bring water, bug spray and binoculars if you have them. Rain date June 12th. Register HERE and [...]
Find out moreCome Celebrate Juneteenth at the Farm June 1 8 - 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 A weekend of events! Friday- 11:00 am to Noon Unveiling Anniversary Banner & Tour including the Memorial Field for Black Lives Saturday- Noon to 3:00 pm Welcome to Juneteenth with Yolanda Bostic Williams, [...]
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