Activities

Because there is an unprecedented number of events for the Quadricentennial celebration in 2009 it is recommended that you visit the individual websites of each organization or society for a current update. Check our Links page to see other website program updates.

• Wednesday, October 14, 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
  Annual Directress General’s Luncheon
  998 5th Avenue
  Invitations will be sent
• Sunday, November 8, 4:00 P.M.
  Annual Massing of the Colors
  St. Thomas Church
  5th Avenue and 53rd Street
• Wednesday, November 11, 6:30 P.M.
  Lecture, "Adriaen Block, the Discovery of Long Island Sound, and the New Netherland Colony: What Drove the Course of History?"
  Library, The Holland Society of New York
  20 West 44th Street, 5th Floor
  Presented by Johan ("Joop") Varekamp, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
  This is a joint program, in partnership with The Holland Society. Guests are welcome, but you must reserve in advance. Limited to 50
  Doors open at 6:30 P.M. for a Reception
  Lecture at 7:15 P.M.
  Stay afterward for fellowship and mingling over another glass of wine!
  For reservations, contact
• Friday, November 13, 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
  Docented Tour, "Dutch New York between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick" Bard Graduate Center, 18 W. 86th St.
  Please gather at 10:45 A.M.
  Limited to 20. Dutch Treat Lunch Afterward!
  For reservations, contact
• Friday, November 13, 6:00 P.M.
  "Before New York There Was New Netherland"
  New York Bar Association
  42 West 44th Street
  Conversation with authors Charles T. Gehring, Russell Shorto, and Jean Zimmerman
  Reception with Dutch Finger Foods and Trumpet Fanfares by the U.S. Merchant Marine Marching Band Reservations: Call 914-824-5717 or contact