Upcoming Events
We are in the planning stages for our next programs.
If you have any questions or would like to register via email,
please contact us here.
Annual General Meeting
& Luncheon
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Join us on Wednesday, May 18th for our Annual General Meeting
when we gather in Rye, New York at the Jay Heritage Center.
We will be electing a new board for 2022-2023
and honoring our chapter’s 65th anniversary.
Choice of Regular or Vegetarian box lunch.
Members $20. Guests $30.
The deadline is May 4th.
Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road
Rye, NY 10580
Garden tour and after-lunch talk on the Jay family and their connections with Japan.
The property was home to Founding Father and First Chief Justice John Jay and four generations of Jay family descendants. The “Japan connections” are interesting.
Grandson John C. Jay catalogued seashells brought from Japan
by friend and neighbor Commodore Matthew Perry.
Mary Rutherfurd Jay, early 20th century landscape architect,
was influenced by Japanese gardens.
Wear comfortable shoes for the garden tour.