| Last year Historic New England served a record 30,000 children through in-school and after-school programs. Thanks to a recent prestigious grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), we are expanding our educational programs. This $150,000 award means that even more students will experience Historic New England's sites and collections. The grant requires matching funds, and we are turning to our members and friends for help. We hope you will consider making a gift toward the IMLS matching-grant challenge. Your contribution will give many more children the chance to experience New England's rich history.
What a few students have to say about our programs.
The best part was when we were doing the trading game. I felt like I was really there. Thank you for letting me step on the spinning wheel. It was fun. At first, I didn't get it or do it right but after awhile I was starting to get it. That was my favorite part. If I lived in colonial days maybe that could be my job. Thanks so much.
When we did the apothecary, I got to be a sick person. I had a broken heart and a rash. We got to make medisan (sic) with different herbs. It was fun!
I really liked the wallpaper one. That was really fun and you got to learn some stuff about olden wallpaper.
To make a gift toward the IMLS matching-grant challenge contact development@HistoricNewEngland.org or call 617-227-3957, ext. 244.
| | Happy Birthday
 In celebration of Walter Gropius' 125th birthday on May 19, Google used a compilation of Gropius buildings to spell out Google. Note Historic New England's Gropius House as the "e" in the screen shot.
| | Members' Trip to Newport  Click here for a great escape--the members' trip to historic Newport, Rhode Island, and Narragansett Bay. Enjoy walking tours, a Gilded Age mansion, evening harbor cruise, farmers' market, and good company. Visit the webpage for a detailed itinerary, pricing, and contact information. | | See the world with Historic New England Members of the Appleton Circle recently returned from a special trip, "An Edwardian House Party," that provided a wonderful look at various ways historic houses are preserved and cared for in England. Visits included lunch at the London home of a cousin of the Queen, a marvelous townhouse dinner with Lord and Lady Spencer-Churchill, and a stay at the country estate of Lord and Lady Clifford, which has been in the family for nearly 400 years.
 A Spanish trip featuring special access to equally splendid sites in planned for October 2 to 8. "Marvelous Madrid" takes Appleton Circle members to royal palaces, noted private art collections, museums, and historic monasteries. Highlights include the Palacio de Liria, the current residence of the eighteenth Duchess of Alba, with one of the most distinguished private collections of art and antiques in the world; private visits with a curator at the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Cerralbo Museum, and the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales; a behind-the-scenes tour of the Royal Palace, including several historically important and exquisitely decorated private rooms; and excursions to the famous royal monastery and palace of El Escorial and the magnificent city of Toledo, both of which are recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
We will stay at the Hotel Ritz in Madrid and spend festive evenings at the city's most exclusive private palaces, clubs, and restaurants, including a private dinner in the galleries of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
Tour cost is $11,950 per person, based on double occupancy, (or $13,950 per person, based on single occupancy) airfare not included. Includes a $1,000 tax-deductible contribution to Historic New England. For more information, contact Jennifer Klahn, senior development manager or call 617-227-3957 ext. 244.
| | Members' Month special offer During your visits to Historic New England sites during June members' month, please pick up a free copy of Preserving Your Old House. Although the booklet was published more than twenty years ago, "it is still one of the best things out there for orienting oneself to an old house" says Preservation Specialist Sally Zimmerman. The information remains pertinent and informative, with articles on mistakes to avoid and how to date a historic house. Show your membership card to receive your copy. Good only at Historic New England sites, through the month of June.
| | Zip a dee do dah Check out these recent Zip Trips that include visits to Roseland Cottage and Cogswell's Grant. | | By the seashore 
Can't find the perfect picture to commemorate your seaside vacation? Historic New England offers reproductions of images from the archival collections. Enjoy the view, feel the breeze, take a look at the surf, the hats, and the beach umbrellas.
Photo: Singing Beach, Manchester, Massachusetts, c. 1909. Photographer: Thomson & Thomson (active c. 1905-1915). | | One stop shopping for the bride-to-be Brides who rent the historic Lyman Estate for their wedding reception may purchase containers of mixed flowering and foliage plants offered by the historic Lyman Estate Greenhouses. Horticulturist Lynn Ackerman, recently created beautiful arrangements for a June wedding and dazzled guests with colorful designs that included azaleas and eye-catching orchids, along with fragrant herbs and delicate annuals. For information contact the greenhouses at 781-891-4882, ext. 244 or Lynn Ackerman. The Lyman Estate is a perfect package. The mansion makes a lovely and elegant setting for a wedding, the grounds have beautiful perennial gardens as a backdrop, including the rhododendron that are in bloom right now, and the greenhouses offer the services of a horticulturist and orchid expert. For information on renting the Lyman Estate for your function click here. | | Program Highlights Coastal Farming Walking Tour
Saturday, June 14, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass.; 978-768-3632; $5 Garden and Landscape members, $8 Historic New England members, $14 nonmembers
Explores Cogswell's Grant as a working farm from the seventeenth century to present day. Walk through the fields and to the marsh, while discussing the rich history of the families that lived and farmed here and how coastal farming has evolved over the centuries. Walk with Washington
Thursday, June 26, 6:30- 8:30 p.m.; Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth, N.H.; 603-436-3205; $15 Historic New England members, $25 nonmembers.
Walk the streets of Portsmouth like George Washington did during a visit in 1789. See where he took tea with his secretary's mother, attended church services, and was feted at a reception at the Langdon House. End the tour with a wine and cheese reception in the double parlor.
Connecticut Historic Gardens Day
Sunday, June 22, 1:00 -3:00 p.m., tours on the hour; Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Conn.; 860-928-4074. Free.
Enjoy a visit to the Roseland Cottage garden and learn about the boxwood restoration project, as well as the famous Fourth of July garden parties given by Henry Bowen in the late 1800s. Bring a picnic lunch. The museum is open for tours for the regular admission price. | | | Sincerely, Historic New England 617-227-3956 | | |
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