On Monday, January 27, 2025, SRNY commemorates the birthday of Frederick Samuel Tallmadge, whose generosity enabled the Society to acquire Fraunces Tavern in 1904. More about Tallmadge and Tallmadge Day can be found on our website.

6:30pm reception
7:00pm program
8:00pm optional dinner (at Fraunces Tavern®)

   Our guest speaker will be Richard Brookhiser, author of Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution. This engaging book tells the life-story of John Trumbull, and also explains the significance of Trumbull’s celebrated Revolutionary War paintings, which reflected Trumbull’s personal experience as aide to George Washington and to Horatio Gates. Four of John Trumbull's most famous paintings, The Declaration of Independence, Surrender of General Burgoyne, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and General George Washington Resigning His Commission, are on display in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Other Trumbull paintings are displayed in the Yale University Art Gallery, including Trumbull’s iconic The Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, a copy of which is included in our museum’s latest permanent exhibition, The Birch Trials at Fraunces Tavern.

     Richard Brookhiser is a celebrated journalist and author who has written a series of biographies and other books on American founders and other leading figures in American history, including Alexander Hamilton, Governor Morris, George Washington, John Marshall, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and the Adams family dynasty. He curated “Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America,” an exhibition at The New York Historical; and wrote and hosted “Rediscovering George Washington” and “Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton,” films by Michael Pack which aired on PBS.

Tickets

$30 Reception Only

$130 Patron Reception Only

($100 of Patron ticket is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law)

$150 Reception and Dinner

$250 Patron Reception and Dinner

($100 of Patron ticket is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law)