THURSDAY, JUNE 16
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM​
Colonial Tavern Night at the Cottage Museum and its grounds. Commemorating awarding of the New Rochelle farm to Paine in 1784 after the American Revolution. To ensure your space, ticketing in advance is strongly recommended.   20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle, NY

​FRIDAY, JUNE 17
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Symposium on the Legacy of Thomas Paine at the Thomas Paine Memorial Building.  Open to the public.    983 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY

Panel discussion by the Editorial Board of the Collected Works of Thomas Paine

Presentations by independent scholars, academics, and representatives of freethought organizations addressing his influences on the American and French Revolutions, the Freethought Movement in the United States and internationally, and the philosophy of democratic government. 
3 PM - 5 PM
Thomas Paine artifacts on view at Iona College, sponsored by the Iona College Institute for Thomas Paine Studies. Preregistration required.   Iona College Ryan Library, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY​
6:30 PM
Reception and Dinner Theater.  Greentree Country Club. Tickets required.  
Presentation by Ian Ruskin of his one-man play, To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine.   538 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 

SATURDAY, JUNE 18
11 AM - 5 PM
Colonial Fair and Presentations at the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum and the Thomas Paine Memorial Building.  Open to the public and families encouraged to attend. 
  • 11 am:  Ribbon-cutting ceremony and wreath-laying ceremony for the Thomas Paine New Rochelle Center
    Speakers: Westchester County Executive George Latimer; New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson; New Rochelle City Historian Barbara Davis; Lincoln Park Conservancy Director Linda Tarrant-Reid. Constance Kehoe, Revolutionary Westchester 250. Others to be confirmed.
  • Tours of the Cottage Museum and Sophia Brewster one-room school house
  • Games and activities for children, including a Thomas Paine-themed corn hole game and recognition of Juneteenth; artisan demonstrations, arts and crafts, and more.​
Play a Thomas Paine-Themed Corn Hole Game and Win Prizes!
  • ​Displays and brief presentations on the Cottage grounds, such as the story of Madame Bonneville and her family who accompanied Paine from France.   20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle, NY
  • Displays and brief presentations in the Thomas Paine Memorial Building​
  • ​4:30 pm - Musical excerpts from The Crossing and the Ten Crucial Days, a musical play about the American Revolution
  • 12:30 pm – Special video message from Congressman Jamie Raskin, sponsor of a bill to erect a statue of Thomas Paine in the nation's capital
  • 1 pm – Joy Masoff, Arizona State University  – presentation about Madame Bonneville and Thomas Paine
  • 1:30 pm – Thomas Paine’s letter to Thomas Jefferson calling for abolition of slavery, presented by Gary Berton, President, Thomas Paine National Historical Association
  • 2 pm – Zenos Frudakis, Sculptor – Remarks and Q&A on the proposed Memorial Statue of Thomas Paine for Washington, DC
  • 3 pm – Sarah Jane Marsh, author  – Zoom reading from Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word,  a book for young teens
MEET THE

Organizers

The Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association was founded on June 28, 1886. It owns and maintains the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum and Sophia Brewster One-Room Schoolhouse; both operating as historic museum sites for over 100 years.

As a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit HNRHA strives to preserve, share and educate on the rich history of the City of New Rochelle, the original Huguenot settlers and founding father, Thomas Paine.

The Cottage Museum is the last standing house in the Northeast that Paine called home and serves as a venue to educate on the Huguenot connection to this land and the ever evolving and changing history of New Rochelle, New York.

HNRHA
Site: https://thomaspainecottage.org
The Thomas Paine National Historical Association was founded in New York City on January 29, 1884. 

It is among the oldest historical associations in the United States and is the single most respected source for accurate information about Thomas Paine.

Its mission is to ensure Paine's rightful place in history as a preeminent founder of the United States of America, and the key political theorist in the age of democratic revolutions around the world.

TPNHA
Site: https://thomaspaine.org
The Thomas Paine Memorial Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2021, as an educational organization dedicated to publicly acknowledge the life and work of Thomas Paine.

TPMA’s mission is to place a statue of Thomas Paine in Washington, DC, as well as in various locations that are of significance to Thomas Paine history. The TPMA Washington, DC statue project is endorsed by Congressman Jamie Raskin and HB 6720 was introduced on February 11, 2022.

TPMA
Site: https://thomaspainememorial.org
“Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions. Expedience and right are different things.”
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense
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