WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY ELIZABETH MEIGHER PHOTOGRAPHED BY CARRIE BRADBURN OF CAPEHART
PRETTY IN PALM BEACH
Julia Amory, Lauriston Segerson, Judy Van der Grift and Lulu Ryan enjoy a sunny day of play in Palm Beach.
PALM BEACH is a special place. Everyone seems to be smiling and the skies are ever blue. Its beauty is augmented by its people. What’s especially wonderful about this lovely island, 16 miles in length and less than a mile wide, is how interconnected its families are—and remain—through generations. For this issue, we happily spent a day with a handful of families whose fathers grew up together on Palm Beach, and whose very young children will be fortunate enough to share this same experience... On this very same island. With the lows that accompanied 2020 and 2021, it’s uplifting to see the sparkle in the eyes of this budding generation. Their inherent excitement is instilled by the heritage of their parents, who appreciate the unique culture of Palm Beach. For a few of these young children, that legacy extends not only to their parents and grandparents, but as far back as their great-grandfathers. In fact, in this month’s Quest, our last page “Snapshot” column celebrates the Palm Beach School for Boys, established in 1921, which over ten decades has evolved into Palm Beach Day Academy. Among the students enrolled at the school in 1921 was Charles M. Amory, Jr. (as well as my paternal grandfather!) whose great-grandson, Charles M. Amory V, appears in the pages ahead. In Palm Beach, the past is its bedrock and the future looks bright. u 94 QUEST