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Annual Appeal 2021

Sarah Coyne
Today, The Loring Greenough House is launching our annual appeal and are hoping that you, our friends, will consider making a contribution to support our many endeavors. When you give to the Loring Greenough House, your gift grows and multiplies well beyond preserving the historic 1760 building. Your generosity helps us help Jamaica Plain. COMMUNITY…
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Pre-Order Your Custom Holiday Wreath!

Sarah Coyne
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Time for the annual Loring Greenough House Wreath Fundraiser! For the past sixteen holiday seasons, members and friends of the Loring Greenough House have decorated wreaths as a major fundraiser for the preservation of this historic landmark. We have been thrilled to see our designs on…
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Loring Greenough House Tours are Back!

Sarah Coyne
Our docents are thrilled to offer a limited number of autumn house tours in October and November. Pre-registration is required and all current Covid-19 safety protocols will be respected (right now, in the city of Boston, masks are required for any indoor events or gatherings). Tours may be scheduled for any daytime or early evening…
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Contribute to The Harvest, our Digital Neighborhood Cookbook

Sarah Coyne
Calling all creative cooks! In celebration of our community, we would like to collate and present a digital, plant-based, cookbook featuring neighborhood recipes! As the capstone to our season-long garden series, we’re hoping you all might want to contribute your famous, delicious, tried-and-true recipes using the bounty from your garden. The digital cookbook will be…
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Be A Reader At Our “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” Program

Sarah Coyne
Be A Reader At Our “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” Program Are you interested in helping to convey the historic words of abolitionist Frederick Douglass to today’s public? We’re looking for people of all ages to serve as orators for the “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” program to be held July 18 at 2 p.m. on The…
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2021 Loring Greenough House Programs and Interpretation Fellowship for High School Students

Sarah Coyne
Introducing The 2021 Loring Greenough House Programs and Interpretation Fellowship for High School Students   Description of Fellowship: Historic buildings and museums, especially in light of an abnormal year, have shifted how they craft their programs and who the audiences will be. At the Loring Greenough House, we have expanded our programming to invite diverse…
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Friday Nights at the Movies!

Sarah Coyne
You bring the blankets and snacks, we’ll provide the entertainment! Join us for five movies throughout the summer on the Grounds of the LGH. Click any of the movies below to purchase tickets! (Space is limited.) Made Up! June 11th Miss Juneteenth June 18th Some Like It Hot July 30 Hairspray (2007) August 27 Raya…
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Suffrage/Anti-Suffrage in Jamaica Plain

Sarah Coyne
Note: The idea and initial research for this post came from Catherine “Kit” Bermon, who died unexpectedly on December 25, 2020. Kit moved to Jamaica Plain in 2014 and soon brought to the Loring Greenough House the expertise she had gained as director of the Mark Twain House and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in…
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Announcing our Gardening Together Series!

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We are pleased to announce that the Loring Greenough House will be hosting a series of events this summer for the community to get together and garden. Our Gardening Together events will have something for everyone! Whether you are a container gardener, a family wanting to get your children interested in plants and nature, or a complete green thumb,…
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Supporting the AAPI Community

Sarah Coyne
The Loring Greenough House stands with the Asian-American community in mourning, after the deadly shootings in Atlanta on March 16th. As an organization dedicated to historic preservation, we recognize that this attack is linked to a continuing history of events that deny the safety and security of the Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander community. We denounce this and all violence, racism,…
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