John Brown Lives! receives huge gift from Parks & Trails New York! Parks & Trails NY presents “big check” in the amount of $26,500 to John Brown Lives! for strategic planning with Sarah Pharaon, Dialogic Consulting, Inc. on October 5, 2022. JBL! board [...]
Find out more below: https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/opinion/columns/2022/09/15/on-the-scene-john-brown-lives-fellows/ Founding John Brown Lives! Fellows Erica Lewis Blunt, Daesha Devon Harris and Devon Reid (Provided photo — Naj Wikoff)
Attention Everyone ‼️ Given the forecast, we’re moving Blues at Timbuctoo from John Brown Farm to the Olympic Ski Jumps Venue in Lake Placid! 5486 Cascade Road (Rte. 73) in Lake Placid, New York. We apologize for any inconvenience, but the show will go on, same time, but different place! [...]
2023 Authors & Illustrators Are you interested in being an author in our 2023 Adirondack Family Book Festival? Participation in the Adirondack Family Book Festival is by invitation only. Authors & illustrators who would like to be considered for future events may fill out this form to submit information [...]
For Immediate Release: May 24, 2022 Contact: Martha Swan, Executive Director 518-744-7112 | info@johnbrownlives.org John Brown Lives! Receives Grant to Develop Strategic Plan Westport, NY – John Brown Lives! (JBL!) was awarded a $26,500 matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund’s Park and Trail Partnership Grants program to [...]
ON THE SCENE: Lake Placid News Chicago native remembers Lake Placid’s warm welcome during visit 60 years ago MAY 19, 2022 by NAJ WIKOFF David Manson lays a wreath on the grave of abolitionist John Brown Saturday, May 14, during John Brown Day ceremonies at the John Brown Farm State [...]
Tom Morello to Receive the Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award, Bestowed at Final Resting Place of Famed Abolitionist The rocker and activist is one of three artists to be honored May 14 by the freedom education and human rights project John Brown Lives! By Thom Duffy , Billboard.com Tom Morello at [...]
Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn speaks with Martha Swan and Martin Tyler of John Brown Lives! and Brendan Mills of the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid about two upcoming events to mark the 122nd birthday of abolitionist John Brown, May 9, 2022. Facebook link: http://ow.ly/u1Ta50ISjGs YouTube [...]
Praying for Peace: Keene rally shows support for Ukraine BY ALVIN REINER Press-Republican Mar 7, 2022 Holding signs and flags, as well as being dressed in shades of yellow and blue, rally participants gathered in the snow of Marcy Field while the Adirondack Mountains supplied the background. ALVIN REINER/P-R PHOTO [...]
Adirondack Family Book Fest’ arrives this August Adirondack Daily Enterprise March 5, 2022 LAKE PLACID — John Brown Lives! and numerous community partners are teaming up to host an Adirondack Family Book Festival at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid. The festival is scheduled for Saturday, [...]