Special Places | Summer 2020

SUMMER 2020 VOLUME 28 NO. 2

FOR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE TRUSTEES

We’re Open The great outdoors is calling

Camp With Us! Dunes’ Edge Campground, Provincetown Seaside camping amidst the dunes and pines.

RVs only, until further notice. Now taking reservations at thetrustees.org/dunesedge

NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE

Making an Impact for Our Communities Janelle Woods-McNish has joined The Trustees as Managing Director for Community Impact, overseeing diversity and inclusion initiatives, volunteerism, and statewide community engagement efforts to connect with newer and wider audiences. With more than a decade of experience creating and leading innovative programming and initiatives to increase employee engagement through community service, Woods-McNish most recently worked as the Director of Service & Giving for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Working across numerous Trustees departments, she will provide high level professional strategy and will represent the organization in community collaboratives, committees, advisory groups, and at public meetings relating to Trustees community initiatives. One of Boston Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” (2016), Woods-McNish is committed to creating spaces for people of all backgrounds to access and enjoy, noting, “Community outreach, diversity and inclusion, and volunteerism are integral to the Trustees mission and to the quality of life for people in communities across our state, and the nation.” Woods-McNish is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Boston College where she received her BBA in Marketing and International Business and Master of Arts in Higher Education respectively, in addition to an MBA from Simmons College. She lives in Dorchester with her husband, Hansley, and their 12-year-old twins.

Land, Building Donated in Sharon– Expanding ARC Property Trustees inns and campgrounds offer unique accommodations within spectacular natural surroundings.

Dunes’ Edge Campground PROVINCETOWN

Tully Lake Campground ROYALSTON

The Guest House at Field Farm WILLIAMSTOWN

The Inn at Castle Hill IPSWICH (opening July 31) For information and reservations, visit thetrustees.org/stay

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Two recent donations of land in Sharon have expanded the Trustees Archives & Research Center (ARC) property. In July 2019, the board of the Norfolk Charitable Trust (NCT) gave The Trustees the former NCT building along with its 1.5 acres and a substantial endowment. The building has a shared history with the ARC: both were once part of the Sharon Sanatorium for Pulmonary Diseases, which closed in 1949. The climate-controlled former NCT building, already well-equipped as an archival structure, will become the Trustees Maps & Plans Center—redesigned for easy access and care of the organization’s thousands of historical and stewardship maps and plans.

Along with the building and the grounds, Trustees also acquired archival collections related to several of its local reservations, including Moose Hill Farm and Francis William Bird Park. Then, at the end of 2019,

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Former Norfolk County Trust Archivist Elisabeth McGregor passes the keys to what will become the Trustees Maps & Plans Center to Trustees Archivist Alison Bassett.

Trustees received a gift of a 4-acre parcel of land next to the former NCT land in a wonderful donation from the Kendall family.

These two donations now bring the total land of the Archives & Research Center property to 10 acres conserved in perpetuity. Trustees is grateful for the generosity of the donors of this land.

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Integration Secures the Future for Osterville’s Armstrong-Kelley Park In a recent vote, the Cape Cod Horticultural Society (CCHS)—which owns and maintains 8.5-acre ArmstrongKelley Park in the village of Osterville—has approved a plan to be integrated into The Trustees, pending the completion of a fundraising campaign. Armstrong-Kelley Park, CCHS’s only landholding, is a garden and woodland oasis and treasured community resource, providing residents and visitors alike with a peaceful place to stroll, engaging

activities, and a space for celebrations.

Through this integration, Armstrong-Kelley Park will become a Trustees reservation, and its twelfth public garden, ensuring its protection from development and its ongoing maintenance and care in perpetuity.

Trustees and CCHS—which has cared for the park since 1930—will begin a collaborative effort towards a comprehensive master plan for the enhancement and revitalization of Armstrong-Kelley Park. A campaign is

now underway to raise $2.25 million for restoration and expansion of the gardens, and improvements in parking and circulation, as well as ongoing community programming, property stewardship, and horticultural staffing. For more about ArmstrongKelley Park and plans for its future, and to contribute to the fund-raising effort to secure the integration, please visit thetrustees.org/akp.

Welcoming Back a Feathered Friend!

A black skimmer banded as a chick on Norton Point Beach, Martha’s Vineyard in July 2018 by Trustees ecologists, BiodiversityWorks, and MassWildlife has returned to Trustees shores! Last spotted in Cedar Key, FL at the end of January, the now fullygrown bird was sighted on Crane Beach in June. The bird returned to Little Beach, Martha’s Vineyard just two days later, four miles north of Norton Point Beach and the site of a large tern and skimmer breeding colony this summer.

These birds winter from the southeast US to South America, as far south as Argentina. Southeast Massachusetts is the most northern extent of their current breeding range, so sightings in the spring at Crane are rare. Welcome back, skimmer E6!

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Join Our Coming to the great outdoors near you!

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VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY

Classic Family Films

PHOTO BY AMY BUELOW

Thank you to all of our volunteers who contributed over 80,000 hours of service with us over the past year, including our StevensCoolidge Place volunteers who helped harvest 400 tulips in May, which were then were donated to the North Andover Food Assistance Program, Lawrence General Hospital, and the Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Perfect for a Summer Night Out!

Holmes Field, Plymouth FRIDAYS, JULY 17 – AUGUST 7 SPONSORED BY

Get Involved!

Volunteer with us on the coast, on the trails, in the gardens, and from home.

Visit thetrustees.org/volunteer to join our team.

For the full schedule and tickets:

thetrustees.org/flicks

NOTE: In order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, movie goers must purchase tickets online before arriving at the drive-in.

Concessions may also be pre-purchased online.

No transactions will occur on site.

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Get outside. Stay safe!

Assessing all shores.

We’re Open

State of Our Coast

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Make Your Garden Grow Ripen the fruits of your labors.

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Crane Beach at 75

A milestone in coastal care.

Dear Members: During this time of such uncertainty, we ©ABOVE SUMMIT are grateful—for you and your unwavering support, and for our properties that provide much needed respite. Thank you for your patience, understanding, and shows of support as we have worked to reopen our outdoor spaces to all.

We’ve all heard the term “unprecedented times” more times than we can count, but as we work to discover the best ways to open our reservations in the safest ways for visitors and staff, there truly is no precedent. We have never closed down all of our properties in our 129-year history.

During the “Spanish” flu epidemic of 1918, we had far fewer reservations—only eight—and they did not close. Indeed, as our Annual Report that year indicates: “Petticoat Hill, in Williamsburg, was visited by the usual number of people in the spring and summer, but the custodian reports that the prevalence of the influenza in the fall noticeably reduced the number of visitors.”

The phased approach we have followed in opening our properties these past few weeks has allowed us to evaluate safety for staff and visitors. We have experimented and implemented technological tools that have helped us to manage capacity and parking in alignment with new regulations and new realities. As I write this, we have just finalized best practices for our summer camps, and still anticipate grappling with the complexities of opening our historic houses and museum galleries.

I’ve been impressed with how quickly our Members and visitors have adapted to help us keep everyone safe. We understand that this is not how you normally experience nature, spring, culture, walking, hiking, or getting outside.

It’s all new to us too. We realize that not all of our efforts have been smooth, and we thank you for helping us continue to improve.

Our founder, Charles Eliot, in addition to being an accomplished landscape architect, was a major public health advocate. The ideas that powered our founding were in large part a reaction to the threat of losing access to open space and clean air the public so desperately needed as cities and industries rapidly grew. Today’s threats challenge us in new ways, but our resolve to share our special places and honor the legacies of those who came before us has never been stronger.

Our educators, curators, and engagement staffs have been hard at work creating virtual content for all ages. Our farmers have established online ordering and contactless pick up; they are finding ways to plant more than ever before to meet the increased demand for fresh, local food options.

Our conservation teams are working to protect more open space for the public to enjoy—we have just opened The Brickyard on Martha’s Vineyard, and anticipate three more new reservations in the coming months. And we are working diligently to expand and revitalize three of our beloved garden havens—the Rose Garden at Castle Hill, Long Hill, and The Stevens-Coolidge Place.

Through all the challenges this pandemic has posed, spring is blooming bright all around us and the natural world reminds us to treasure all its joys. We can’t thank you enough for your support of The Trustees and our mission.

Nature nourishes the physical, mental, and social health of our communities, and we are honored to be the stewards of so many special places that give comfort during these difficult times.

Wishing you and yours good health,

Barbara J. Erickson President & CEO

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Things to do this season.

Facing our future undaunted.

Tending the living collections.

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Charles Eliot Award

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Meet Joann Vieira

Women of The Trustees

Enduring impacts on our history.

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WE’REOPEN

Stay Safe in Our Special Places

“The Trustees is well on the way towards reopening all 119 reservations.”

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After taking the unprecedented, but necessary step of closing all its reservations in March—following Governor Baker’s guidelines for the state’s response to the dramatic rise in coronavirus (COVID-19) infections—The Trustees is well on the way towards reopening all of its (now) 119 reservations. Sixty percent of the properties across the state were reopened in early May. In the weeks since, those sites that required special care and attention have been systematically reopened after detailed safety procedures and operational adjustments were established, and as of mid-June, all but four of the Trustees’ 115 currently accessible reservations are open and welcoming visitors.

Outdoors First The Trustees recognizes that during this new reality of the COVID-19 pandemic its reservations provide much needed spaces for fresh air and recreation. Indeed, during the time of the most rigorous stay-at-home guidelines, the craving to escape the confines of one’s house makes open-space properties even more attractive. The organization made it a priority to open as many outdoor spaces as quickly as possible, as state guidelines allowed. While indoor spaces such as historic houses and museum galleries remain closed pending updated guidelines, outdoor areas of all properties are available—with temporary restrictions established to ensure the safety of staff and guests alike.

One of the most visible effects of the increased desire to get out of the house can be found in parking areas, which are often full. Entrances to many reservations are on small access roads that do not allow parking.

Visitors are urged to only park in designated spaces, and if none are available, to return at another time of day. Please also exercise extra caution in parking areas; wait for others to clear the area before exiting your car, in order to maintain safe physical separation of at least six feet from others.

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Passes Required Several of the Trustees’ most popular properties have, in accordance with the state’s social distancing guidelines, been opened on a controlled-access basis in order to limit overcrowding. Appleton Farms in Hamilton & Ipswich, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Castle Hill in Ipswich, Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Naumkeag in Stockbridge, World’s End in Hingham, Mytoi and all beaches on Martha’s Vineyard, and Coskata-Coatue on Nantucket now require a timed or daily parking pass for all visitors, including Members. Members receive free admission but must reserve a pass online at thetrustees.org/passes before heading out to these reservations.

Crane Beach in Ipswich is also open with daily parking passes, which are required until further notice. Permits issued under the Crane Beach Parking Permit program enable free parking but must be accompanied by a timed parking pass to gain entry.

Members can reserve discounted timed entry parking passes according to the pass release schedule—for the latest updates, FAQs and more, please visit the Crane Beach page of thetrustees.org, or follow @CraneBeachMass on Twitter.

Stay Safe The Trustees understands how important it is to get outside, get exercise, and connect with nature in this challenging time, and the organization is committed to expanding access to its special places while balancing the need to “flatten the curve” and slow the spread of this serious virus.

You can help. Please follow guidelines listed on special red COVID-19-related signage when visiting Trustees reservations— wear a face covering at all times, stay at least six feet from other visitors (including stepping aside on narrow trails to let others pass,) stay away from livestock and crops on farm properties, and for those properties that allow dogs, all must be leashed and kept away from other visitors at all times.

To see a series of short videos on best practices for safely visiting Trustees reservations, check out thetrustees.org or look for Trustees Trail Tips on YouTube. Stay safe and be well!

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Trustees launches a groundbreaking annual publication examining the challenges and opportunities for coastal zone communities along the vulnerable Massachusetts coast

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he Massachusetts coastline is a spectacular and varied landscape. Rocky coasts, sandy dunes, grassy banks, and glacial bluffs all have their place along more than 1,500 miles of shoreline.

The Trustees is proud to protect more than 120 miles of this terrain, as the second largest owner of conserved coastline in the state. These are some of the organization’s most visited properties, as well as some of the most dynamic—changing with the seasons, tides, and storms. As previously reported in Special Places, Trustees engaged Woods Hole Group (WHG) in 2017 to conduct a Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) to help determine how best to protect and adapt these places to the effects of climate change, so they may be enjoyed by generations to come.

“The CVA allowed us to take an informed, data-driven approach at deciding where to intervene, and where to let nature take its course,” explains Tom

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O’Shea, Trustees Director of Coast and Natural Resources. “Today we have several active resilience projects underway as a result, including a sediment study in Essex Bay in partnership with Boston University; a project with The Town of Ipswich to raise a half-mile stretch of [the access road to Crane Beach,] Argilla Road, to bolster its resilience to increased flooding events; and an innovative salt marsh restoration effort, pioneering a nature-based technique at Old Town Hill in Newbury.”

Responding to a changing coast is a key component of the Trustees’ ongoing strategic plan, Momentum.

“The Massachusetts coast needs our voice,” adds O’Shea. “With 35 coastal properties, we have a real opportunity to feature these places as ‘living laboratories’ and coastal resilience models that engage thousands of stakeholders and share valuable lessons about how we steward through coastal change. But, to be a more effective coastal conservation leader in the face of sea-level rise, more extreme storms, and threats to the oceans we depend on, we have to broaden our reach, highlight what is happening, and the urgent need for calls to action.”

BRINGING DATA TO LIFE As a result, The Trustees is preparing to publish the first of four annual “State of the Coast” reports, examining the coastal resources, challenges, and adaptation methods for communities up and down the Massachusetts coast. In developing these reports, The Trustees is working

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with coastal managers, scientists, journalists, and designers to examine real stories and raw numbers, and produce a compelling, unique look at the health of the Commonwealth’s coastal regions.

“Much of the data used in this report was compiled from critical state partners, including the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), and groups like the Great Marsh Coalition,” said Eric Nelson, Senior Environmental Consultant and Coastal Geologist.

“Anyone concerned with the coastal health of one of these communities will be able to pick up the report and see a snapshot of the current state of our local coast, understand the changes expected in the future, and be provided with some options and tools to help make our coasts and communities more resilient.”

NORTH SHORE NUMBERS The inaugural issue examines 13 coastal communities on the North Shore— Salisbury, Newburyport, Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, Essex, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, and Swampscott—and will include neverbefore-seen, newly updated flood and shoreline inundation modeling from WHG’s Coastal Flood Risk Model. Town profiles, feature articles, maps, and graphics are incorporated throughout to

tell the story of the North Shore coast.

The publication culminates with a coastal index scorecard, ranking vulnerabilities and resources in five areas: beach, salt marsh, armored shoreline, developed coast, and habitat.

Findings from the North Shore report indicate that 644 buildings in this region are expected to experience daily tidal flooding by 2030, increasing to 1,313 by 2050, and 3,188 by 2070.

“The data and visuals in this report are valuable for a wide range of stakeholders to see the potential impacts of sea level rise and storm surge, including increased daily tidal flooding, from the latest MA Coastal Flood Risk Model funded

by MassDOT and developed for the state,” said Brittany L. Hoffnagle, WHG Environmental Scientist. “Whether you’re a business owner, resident, town official,

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The State of the Coast report looks at current coastal conditions while also anticipating the future and demonstrates the importance of our natural shoreline areas as part of the resilience of the entire coast. This map, showing an isolated area of Salisbury, illustrates the impacts to roads and buildings subject to chronic tidal flooding and storm surge from a 1-in-100-year storm event by 2050. Data shown was derived from the new Massachusetts Coastal Flood Risk Model developed by Woods Hole Group.

or steward, this is an important visual for anyone who lives near, works on, or cares for the coast.”

The second report, to be published in Summer 2021, will focus on coastal zone communities on the Cape & Islands, and the subsequent two years will address the South Shore and the South Coast.

“The Trustees has been a champion of the Massachusetts coast since our founding in 1891,” says Barbara Erickson, Trustees President & CEO. “The health and protection of the coast continues to be a priority for our organization,

and this landmark publication should be a call to action for anyone involved with, or concerned for, the future of the Commonwealth’s shores.”

To view the report when it becomes available and for more on Trustees work up and down our coast, visit thetrustees.org/coast.

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Grow

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Backyard Harvests–Fresh, Sweet, and OH SO LOCAL!

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During World Wars I and II, propaganda posters urged Americans to “Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables” to supplement their food supply and boost morale. Now, as the country wages war against the coronavirus, folks are feeling the urge to start a vegetable garden like never before.

“Interest in our community gardens has jumped this year, with roughly double the number of plot inquiries compared to this time last year,” says Michelle de Lima, Boston Community Gardens Engagement Manager at The Trustees. “We’ve been running online seedling sales and interest is really high; and online garden groups are super active.”

For some people, the joy of getting outside and engaging with nature provides reason enough to plunge seeds in the soil.

For others, watching tomatoes, zucchini, and salad greens grow feels uplifting and empowering during this time of loss and puts fresh veggies on the table when shopping for food can be fraught with anxiety.

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Whether you’re a novice, mid-level gardener or expert, here are a few tips and suggestions to inspire you to pick up your trowel.

Newbies: DIG IN

“The first thing you need to know is the quality of your soil,” says de Lima. “If you’re unsure, consider a simple container garden or raised bed and buy a good compostbased potting soil to create a depth of least ten inches. Three- or five-gallon plastic buckets are great for tomatoes and peppers, since plastic retains moisture better than wood or terra cotta.” Just make sure the container has drainage holes.

“If you have no gardening experience, I suggest seedling starts,” says Emily Fenton, CSA Assistant Manager at Appleton Farms. “Try to buy them from a small, local farm, where you know that the seeds are local because seeds grown in New England will be more hearty than imported ones.” Fenton also recommends beginners start small, choosing three or so

crops based on how much sun the container or raised bed will receive.

“Tomatoes, cukes, and peppers need 7-8 hours of sun,” says de Lima. “Root vegetables and greens (like kale) need 5-6 hours and arugula, lettuce, and mixed Asian greens need 4-5 hours.” You’ll need easy access to water, she adds, but only water if the soil feels dry 1-2 inches down. To control weeds, lay straw, mulch, landscape fabric, or even wet newspaper (weighted with rocks) around the plants.

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“If you’re a mid-level gardener, you can have more crops and expand your space,” says Fenton. “Also, think about intercropping, like planting basil and tomatoes together. They both flower and will bring in pollinators—necessary for tomatoes and good for the whole garden— and are ready to harvest at the same time.”

Just pay attention to each plant’s needs, such as how much space it requires, says de Lima, who suggests considering intensive garden spacing. The concept eliminates rows and paths, particularly beneficial in raised beds.

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The tightly packed crops will increase your harvest, while reducing weeds and saving on water. Numerous sources exist online to help you calculate the necessary distance needed for each vegetable.

“All levels of gardeners should take notes, such as when you’re putting things in the ground,” says Fenton. The more expert you are the more detailed your notes can be, including how crops are reacting to various amounts of water, sunshine, shade, pests, and disease. For weed control, Fenton recommends using a co-linear or stirrup hoe to pull up tiny weeds under the soil’s surface before they seed. “The less of a seed bank your soil has, the better for future crops.”

Emily Fenton, Assistant Manager of the Appleton Farms CSA, shows off some this year’s first crops.

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“Advanced gardeners might consider a season extension option,” says Fenton, who uses breathable fabric row cover at Appleton Farms to extend summer crops into fall.

“You’ll want hoops or metal frames around the plants that are under the row cover, which will enable some crops like kale and cabbage to push through the first frost.” Row covers also give you a head start in planting next spring’s crops.

Seasoned gardeners also can get more nerdy about their soil health by determining the optimum mix of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, says Fenton, who usually sends soil samples to UMass Amherst for analysis. While this is currently not an option due to COVID-19, at-home soil testing kits are available online in the meantime.

Expert gardeners can also try cover cropping, says Fenton. “Growing oats and peas in the fall will add nitrogen to the soil and prepare it for the next year’s growing season.” Fenton also suggests growing a ground cover, like flowering clover, between crops to suppress weeds, attract pollinators, and enrich the garden bed.

“Whether you’re a novice or an expert, a big part of growing vegetables at home is being creative with the space and tools you have,” says de Lima. “It’s important to keep an open mind through the process, which is as beautiful as the actual produce you grow.”

Victoria Abbott Riccardi is a freelance travel, culture, and food writer, and author of Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Japan (Broadway) from Newton.

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CRANE BEACH AT 75

Happy A nniversary, Crane Beach!

75 Crane Beach is one of three extraordinary properties that, along with Castle Hill and Crane Wildlife Refuge, comprise the 2,100-acre Crane Estate, the sprawling summer residence for Chicago industrialist Richard T. Crane and his family. In 1945, the Crane family gifted 1,000 acres of beach front that’s both scenic and ecologically diverse, with four miles of velvet-soft sand, windswept dunes, winding trails, salt marsh, the largest pitch pine forest on the North Shore, and waves tumbling in from the ocean north of Cape Ann. Year after year, Crane Beach has been a favorite for New England’s beachgoers and is wellregarded as one of the finest beaches on the East Coast.

To preserve this vulnerable environment as well as honor and uphold the Crane family’s legacy, Trustees has engaged in careful, intensive ecological stewardship of the property. Dedicated volunteers have provided the backbone along the

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way—photographs dating to the 1960s show volunteers planting beach grass and installing fencing, and subsequent generations regularly turn out to remove invasive plants, maintain trails, haul away litter, prep for storms, and perform all order of maintenance across the beach.

Recently, volunteer citizen scientists have been mobilized to take monthly measurements along the beach to quantify how storms, tides, and seasonal changes have affected its shape and structure.

Crane Beach has also become a priority within The Trustees’ coastal strategy.

With Argilla Road, the access way to Crane Beach, expected to regularly flood between 2030 and 2070, efforts are underway to add green infrastructure that preserves this

essential route to the beach. And though the future is unwritten, the recent past has evinced signs of hope: last year, 49 pairs of piping plovers—a key threatened shorebird that takes residence on Massachusetts’ beaches—nested at Crane Beach and fledged 96 chicks, breaking 20-year-old records.

Come celebrate next year as The Trustees hosts a (rescheduled) party to mark Crane Beach’s 75 years of Trustees protection and care, to be held on Father’s Day 2021. Look for information on a special beach party being planned; on The Trustees’ website and social media channels starting next spring. In the meantime, raise a glass—and a bottle of sunscreen.

It’s one of The Trustees’ most beloved and most visited properties, particularly when temperatures spike and all anyone wants is sun, sand, and surf. And this year, Crane Beach in Ipswich celebrates a key milestone: 75 years of Trustees protection and stewardship.

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It’ll certainly be a summer like no other, but your Trustees staff are doing everything they can to keep your favorite reservations open, active, and safe for you this season!

We have adapted our programs to work within state and federal guidelines around COVID-19, and are pleased to be able to provide lots of on-property offerings for small (under 10-person) and physically distanced groups, guided and self-guided tours, new and innovative events, and updated camp experiences for kids. And we have loads of virtual, online programs so you can experience many of our special places from the comfort of home or when in-person options are not available. As always, keep an eye on thetrustees.org/things-to-do for the latest program updates. We hope to see you this summer!

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gardens, and spend time in nature exploring our nearly 1,000 acres! SummerQuest at the Crane Estate in Ipswich has seven weeklong sessions beginning July 13 for kids ages 5-15. Campers explore and discover natural wonders on the grounds of Castle Hill, the salt marsh, and barrier beach habitat of Crane Beach! And the hive summer camp at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is offering virtual sessions this summer, where kids can express their creativity and take inspiration from the installations and exhibitions of the iconic Lincoln museum.

Visit thetrustees.org/camps for specifics and to sign up today.

TOUR HISTORIC LANDSCAPES

SUMMER CAMPS We are pleased to be able to welcome campers back to several of our reservations for outdoor fun and adventure. Appleton Farm Camp, Hamilton & Ipswich, begins six one-week sessions for 5-12 year-olds on July 13. Learn about farm and wild animals that call our historic farm home, cultivate

Make a day trip of it. We have guided tours at some of our historic estates, and selfguided brochures at others, so you can stroll the grounds and learn as you go. There are scavenger hunts, “Eye Spy” quests, and other fun ways for the whole family to see the sights. Or download our Tour Trustees app for in-depth historical explorations of two of our most iconic places—Castle Hill in Ipswich and The Old Manse in Concord.

Check out the incomparable gardens of

So many things to do at Trustees outdoor spaces this season!

Naumkeag in Stockbridge, take in the horticultural landscape at Long Hill in Beverly, or stroll the gardens and trails of the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton (featured in this issue’s cover photo,) among many others! Picnicking is welcomed, and several historic landscapes even offer fresh ‘grab & go’ lunch options.

VIRTUALLY YOURS As the virus outbreak was taking hold this spring, our innovative staff started finding dozens of ways for you to experience our reservations and programs from home. Visit the Trustees At Home section of our website— thetrustees.org/athome—where you’ll be able to interact with Trustees staff from your favorite locations, see behind the scenes, ask questions you’ve wondered about, and experience The Trustees in a whole new way.

There are sections filled with lots of options for Preschool age kids, Elementary ages, Middle/High School teens, and adults. And new activities, tours, conversations, and more are being added all the time. If you can’t make it to one of our properties, we’ll bring The Trustees to you: thetrustees.org/athome.

For more summer programs, see our highlights on the next two pages, or visit thetrustees.org/things-to-do. Please note that due to the fluid nature of state and federal requirements regarding COVID-19, schedules and event details are subject to change—as always, we encourage you to check our website for the latest information and updates.

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THINGS TO DO

Summertime is full of activity at Trustees reservations for all interests and ages, and this year is no

different. Well, maybe just a little different this year! Programs held on our properties adhere to state guidelines, and are being kept to under ten people—there are 700 summer programs to choose from! There are also many virtual workshops and events scheduled, so you can safely experience more Trustees Things To Do from home.

Please note that due to the fluid nature of state and federal requirements regarding COVID-19, schedules and event details are subject to change—as always, we encourage you to check thetrustees.org/things-to-do for the latest information and updates.

SummerQuest The Crane Estate, Ipswich Seven weekly sessions, July 13–August 28 | Ages 5-15

Appleton Farm Camp Hamilton & Ipswich Six weekly sessions, July 13–August 21 | Ages 5-12 Unparalleled camp experiences for kids!

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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

The Hive camp for kids goes virtual!

Explore weekly themes that spark imagination and creativity.

Five weekly sessions, from July 6–August 7 | Ages 5-12 Plus, small group, outdoor Painting Classes—teen intensives and master painting for adults along with Plein Air, Photography, and more.

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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard Come to Fruitlands this summer for Special Sunset Picnic Hours, Plein Air Pastel and Painting Workshops, Sunset Drum Circles, and more!

Ongoing virtual programs also available, including our popular Artist/Curator Conversations Series.

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Trustees Fresh Air Flicks Holmes Reservation, Plymouth Fridays Evenings in Mid Summer

Crane Beach Parking Lot, Ipswich Fridays Evenings in Late Summer For the full schedule and tickets: ©S.RYDGREN

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10th Annual Craft Festival

Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

Saturday & Sunday, Sep 19 & 20 | 10AM-4PM Member $5; Nonmember $10; Child (12 & under) FREE Jewelry, pottery, glass, wood, fiber arts, and much more by 43 of New England’s finest artisans.

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One Waterfront Speaker Series

Designing for Equity and Engaging Diverse Communities Tuesday, Sep 15 | 6-8PM FREE virtual event, open to all. Advance online registration required.

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CHARLES ELIOT AWARD

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Our Future Ted Ladd

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Vague (and long-since-replaced) signage steered him off course. No matter: he bushwhacked his way to Noanet Peak, stepped just beyond the summit’s rocky outcrop, and took in an exhilarating view of the Boston skyline.

That indefatigable spirit has defined the life and work of Ted Ladd, The Trustees’ 2019 Charles Eliot Award winner. By merging a conservationist’s passion with an executive’s expertise, Ted has been instrumental in advancing the organization’s mission for nearly 40 years. “He immerses himself in a subject, establishes a perspective, looks off into the near and distant future, and asks the hard questions,” says Trustees President & CEO Barbara Erickson, who counts Ted as a trusted advisor. “What if we don’t do this right?

What if we aren’t brave enough? What if our approach is too meek? Then he gets to work.”

Around Boston, Ted is perhaps best known for his work in the business sphere, where he presently serves as Chairman Emeritus of Mellon Investment—the North American investment management firm of BNY Mellon, with assets under management of 14

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$500 billion. Once he leaves the boardroom, however, Ted indulges a lifelong love of the outdoors, whether it’s sailing off Cape Cod, exploring locales from the Grand Tetons to Antarctica, or hiking Trustees destinations around the Commonwealth.

In 1983, concerned about development within his community in Dover, Ted joined The Trustees. He became a devoted advocate for the organization’s mission, serving as a corporate trustee, a member of the advisory board, and eventually serving on the board of directors—even donating a conservation restriction on his family’s property along the Charles River to The Trustees in 1991.

“I have a personal prejudice that one of the big issues, particularly of our time, is trying to allocate resources between the present

and the future—and that the future almost always gets starved,” Ted once said.

Perhaps in response to that ongoing sense of urgency, Ted’s commitment to The Trustees has both deepened and broadened over time.

In 2006, he co-chaired a campaign that raised a record $63 million for the organization. In 2017, he played a vital role on the fundraising committee for the 50th anniversary celebration of World’s End. Now, in addition to a fourth term on the Trustees’ Board of Directors, he chairs the Boston Waterfront Task Force. And no matter the season, the view from Noanet Peak frequently lures him back in every season. “I relish the opportunity for quiet contemplation,” Ted says, “and the temporary illusion that we are all living in a world more nearly perfect than it is.”

Conservationist of the Year Ted Ladd at the 128th Annual Meeting of The Trustees, with (from left) Board Chair Peter Coffin, Board Vice Chair Eunice Panetta, and President & CEO Barbara Erickson.

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The first time Edward H. “Ted” Ladd paid a visit to Noanet Woodlands in the early 1980s, he encountered a hiccup on the way to the top.

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With keen vision and a green thumb, Director of Horticulture Joann Vieira is one of The Trustees’ latest transplants.

Q: You joined The Trustees last year after

Q: Among your current projects, you’re in

30 years at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Tell us more about your origin story.

the midst of an inventory of The Trustees’ living collection.

A: I grew up in a family connected to

A: We’re trying to catalog all of the plants in

agriculture—my siblings and I always won the wildflower contest in elementary school. I initially went down a career path in computers, and while I loved the problem solving and the logic, I love applying that to the natural world even more. I was hired on at Tower Hill Botanic Garden after an internship while they were still working on the master plan. That was about building a garden from the ground up, and it’s been interesting to take that experience to these historic gardens that are well established.

each of our eleven public garden sites for our database. The Trustees holds on to so much history—at Long Hill, we can look back and see the dates the Sedgwick women planted certain shrubs and plants that still exist on those properties, read previous owners’ notes, and understand the significance of these plants. Dan Bouchard, the senior horticulturist at Long Hill, sent me a photograph of a Rhododendron in bloom that was planted there in the late 1950s, and it’s certainly not a Rhododendron you’d find in your local nursery.

Q: What was the impetus behind joining The Trustees last year?

A: When the opportunity came up, I couldn’t say no. Following in the footsteps of people like Fletcher Steele, helping steward and preserve these gardens, and bringing them to the attention of more people so they can understand how important plants and nature are to us as humans is really exciting.

Q: Long Hill and The Stevens-Coolidge Place are in the first stages of significant transformations. What’s the grand vision behind each?

A: In addition to preparing the Sedgwick Gardens at the top of Long Hill, we’re going to create a horticulture teaching center at the bottom—to help expand Dan’s teaching

capacity, to grow unusual plants, things like that. And at The Stevens-Coolidge Place, which has really become a gathering place for the community, we’re not only preserving the historic gardens but adding spaces that will increase the horticulture visible to people on the site as well as bring people together to celebrate nature.

Q: Finally, a lot of us have started growing our first “quarantine gardens.” What can we do to further a love of getting our hands dirty?

A: Growing vegetables in your garden is a

[ great starting point: it helps sustain you, your family, and it’ll give you all the great benefits of growing your own food. But your garden should also supply beauty as well. Blur the lines between the edible and ornamental landscapes—beautiful ornamental kale can grow in a pot amongst your annuals and perennials.

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WOMEN of The Trustees

BY DANIELLE STEINMANN, TRUSTEES STAFF

Women have always been an important sharing their stories for the many generations part of the Trustees’ story—shaping the that have followed. organization from its beginnings to the Barbara J. Erickson joined The Trustees current day. Miss Ellen Chase and Mrs. Fanny in 2012 as its first female President & CEO— Foster Tudor are named as the only two transforming the organization for the 21st “Founders” in the Trustees’ century while keeping true to 2nd Annual Report (1892), the original founders’ vision. an acknowledgement of their Under her leadership, The donations of $1,000 or more Trustees has doubled in size in land or money. Other early and experienced the highest supporters include Bostonians income and audience growth Sarah Crocker and Anna T. in the nonprofit’s history. She Phillips, and Mary Sophia was awarded the distinguished Walker of Waltham.

Elizabeth Craig Weaver Over the years, The Trustees Proctor Medal by the Garden has protected properties that Club of America in 2017, ELLEN CHASE were home to significant women named Conservationist of the in the arts and sciences—as well as several Year by Northshore Magazine in 2017, and has who made history as pioneering crusaders been named in the Commonwealth Institute for freedom, justice, and equality for women and Boston Globe Magazine’s Annual Top 100 in America and beyond—honoring their Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts contributions by conserving their homes and survey for six consecutive years.

“I WANT TO DO SOMETHING SPLENDID… SOMETHING HEROIC OR WONDERFUL THAT WON’T BE FORGOTTEN AFTER I’M DEAD…” —Louisa May Alcott, Little Women 16

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ENDURING IMPACTS ON CONSERVATION, JUSTICE, AND CULTURE IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE WORLD

Conservation Heroines

They may not be household names, but Louise Doyle, Eugenie Beal, Helen C. Butler, Mabel Choate, and Mary P. Wakeman exemplify dozens of women whose donations of property ensured the permanent protection of many of the Trustees’ most important and iconic places. Their commitment to land conservation and open space make them true heroines—for the Commonwealth, The Trustees, and millions of visitors over the years.

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HELEN C. BUTLER MONUMENT MOUNTAIN Great Barrington Donated in 1899

This popular hiking spot with sweeping views of the Housatonic River Valley is famous for its literary connections, most notably a

legendary 1850 picnic outing that included Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville.

But it would be impossible to follow in the footsteps of these literary giants had it not been for the generosity of Helen C. Butler of New York City and Stockbridge, MA (18431929). In 1899, Butler donated 260 acres of the reservation in memory of her sister, Rosalie, to “prevent vandals from disfiguring it with advertising signs...[and] that it might be preserved forever for the enjoyment of the public.” Later, she added an endowment for its care that has supported maintenance of the site for the thousands of its annual visitors.

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DOYLE COMMUNITY PARK & CENTER Leominster Donated in 1961

Mabel Choate (1870-1949) first learned about The Trustees from her friend and collaborator, landscape architect (and former Trustees board member) Fletcher Steele. For over 30 years, Choate and Steele transformed Naumkeag (the family home she inherited in 1929) into the stunning 20th-century designed landscape visitors marvel at today. Choate left the property to the organization to help preserve the “aura of good times and gracious living” enjoyed by her family at Naumkeag.

In 1927, she purchased the historic Mission House, which was in disrepair on the hill near Naumkeag. She relocated it to Main Street, hired Steele to design colonial gardens and buildings around the restored house, and filled it with colonial-era antiques. It operated as an independent museum until Choate donated it to The Trustees in 1948, along with a significant endowment for its upkeep.

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Vineyard where she had lived since 1949. A founding trustee of the Vineyard Open Land Foundation and Vineyard Conservation Society, Wakeman led the fundraising efforts to protect Wasque from development by purchasing it for The Trustees in 1968. In the 1970s, she made significant contributions to help add protected land to the Trustees’ Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, and in 1976 she donated her 15-acre Japanese-inspired gardens, called Mytoi, to the organization. In 1970 she received the Trustees’ Conservation Award for “distinguished service in the field of conservation and the environment.”

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE, WASQUE, AND MYTOI Chappaquiddick Island, Martha’s Vineyard Donated in 1959 (through 1995), 1967, and 1976

Mary P. Wakeman (1901-1984) devoted her life to land conservation on Martha’s

Louise Doyle (1912-2007) was a 4 practicing Buddhist and an extraordinary philanthropist who supported causes ranging from Little League to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to the work of Mother Teresa. She challenged The Trustees to “do something important” with her donation of 170 acres of land and house in Leominster. In 2004, her dream was realized when the organization dedicated the LEEDcertified Doyle Center on her property.

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EUGENIE BEAL BOSTON COMMUNITY GARDENS, 8 BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS Founded Boston Natural Areas Network in 1977

Eugenie “Genie” Beal (1921-2013) was committed to preserving the green spaces of Boston, and firmly believed that people living in cities needed to see and experience nature.

A dedicated urban environmentalist, former Boston Mayor Tom Menino eulogized her as “the mother of green space in the City of Boston.” In 1977, the Boston Redevelopment Authority identified thousands of acres of threatened open space in the city of Boston.

Concerned by what they heard, Beal and five other concerned citizens created Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) to protect urban wilds from potential loss. In 2014,

BNAN merged with The Trustees, which today owns and manages 56 community gardens across eight Boston neighborhoods and helps coordinate activities related to all of the city’s more than 200 community gardens.

Women in the Arts & Sciences

Massachusetts has always been home to innovative scientists, creative thinkers, and famous artists. It’s no wonder, therefore, that some exceptional women in the arts and sciences found inspiration and respite in some of the Trustees’ special places.

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CLARA ENDICOTT SEARS & LOUISA MAY ALCOTT FRUITLANDS MUSEUM Harvard

Fruitlands Museum plays host to the stories of many extraordinary women, including museum founder Clara Endicott Sears (18631960) and former resident Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). Sears was a prolific author and dedicated community advocate. Her love of American history and the Nashua River Valley inspired her life’s work as a collector and preservationist. At age 50, Sears realized the historical significance of the farmhouse at the foot of her property.

The Fruitlands Farmhouse, a National Historic Landmark built in 1826, takes its name from the transcendentalist experiment that took place here in 1843. Led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, they called this place Fruitlands because they intended to live off the “fruits of the land.” Alcott brought his wife and four young daughters, including a 10-year-old Louisa May. While the experiment was short-lived, its role in the transcendentalist movement and influence on a young Louisa May Alcott are undeniable.

Many visitors may also recognize the Farmhouse attic as the inspiration of those now iconic scenes from her famous book Little Women.

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SARAH ALDEN BRADFORD RIPLEY THE OLD MANSE Concord

she died in 1984, Miss Peabody willed over 700 acres to The Trustees, thus establishing two of the organization’s most beloved reservations.

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“What a home indeed it has been to me, which I would not exchange for all that wealth or art have to offer!”

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Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793-1867) and her husband, Samuel, a minister, came to live in the Ripley family home, the Old Manse, in 1846. Less than two years later, Samuel died suddenly, leaving Sarah a widow. She was by all accounts an extraordinary woman for her time. Self-taught, Ripley was fluent in many languages and was a scholar and tutor of classics, mathematics, philosophy, astronomy, and botany. Her wide-ranging knowledge brought her many admirers among the Concord intellectuals. She and the young Henry David Thoreau, for example, shared a mutual love of nature—she would often collect botanical specimens from nearby fields to share with him.

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AMELIA PEABODY POWISSET FARM AND NOANET WOODLANDS Dover

In 1923, a young Boston heiress named Amelia Peabody (1890-1984) began to acquire land in Dover, including what is now Powisset Farm and Noanet Woodlands. She came to the area because of the Norfolk Hunt Club, but her life there wasn’t all parties and horses (though she loved both). At Powisset, she raised heritage breed Hereford cattle and Yorkshire pigs, invested in innovative architecture, filled the woods with native wildflowers, and created public riding and walking paths throughout her property. A passionate artist, Peabody studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as in Paris and New York. Her sculpture was exhibited at the New York World’s Fair, the Whitney Museum, and the Boston Athenaeum.

Amelia’s philanthropy reached far and wide and continues today through a charitable foundation established in her name. When

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“I seek what the form will reveal of essence, what the visible will tell me of the invisible.”

Ethel Randolph (“Polly”) Thayer Starr (19042006) was drawn to art from an early age.

Raised in a family of prominent Boston legal scholars, it was at Weir River Farm—her family’s summer estate in Hingham—that Starr’s captivation with the offerings of nature inspired fervid explorations into drawing and painting. Starr was trained in portraiture at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and quickly achieved notoriety, being awarded the prestigious First Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in her mid-20s. But the infinite variety of nature would captivate her for the rest of her long life. She was a prolific painter of landscapes and animals, but also focused on the intricacies of insects and flowers, especially as her eyesight began to fail in her later years.

MINÉ SAWAHARA CRANE THE CRANE ESTATE Ipswich & Essex

A native of Hiroshima, Miné 10 Sawahara Crane (1917-1991), married Cornelius Crane, heir to the Crane Estate, in 1955, in a Shinto ceremony in Japan. She became a U.S. citizen in 1960. She was a prolific artist, musician, and patron of the arts. A flutist and harpist, she established the Mrs. Cornelius Crane Scholarship at the Julliard School. She and Cornelius lived part-time at Castle Hill, in the cottage (now the Inn at Castle Hill). She used one of the towers in the nearby garden as her art studio, which afforded sweeping views over the salt marshes. Crane was inspired by her natural surroundings; however, her

stylized landscapes and other subjects are more imaginary than realistic. Her paintings were exhibited in New York and Paris in the 1970s and 80s. Her favorite place perhaps was Choate Island, where the couple could live in complete privacy in a small cottage with views of Ipswich Bay, surrounded by grazing sheep. In 1974 she donated her own Ipswich estate (separate from Castle Hill) to The Trustees, now part of the Crane Wildlife Refuge. Following her death in 1991, she was buried alongside Cornelius on Choate Island.

Women Who Made History: Justice, Freedom, and Equality Standing up in the face of injustice takes extraordinary courage. The stories of two women who did just that can be traced back to places now protected by The Trustees.

Elizabeth Freeman and Lucy Stone, born almost a century apart, were pioneers against injustice—in the fights for freedom for enslaved people and for equality for women.

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ELIZABETH FREEMAN ASHLEY HOUSE Sheffield

“Any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it—just to stand one minute on God’s earth a free woman—I would.”

These are the words of Elizabeth Freeman (ca. 1744-1829)—also known as Mum Bett—who was born into slavery. She was enslaved by Colonel John Ashley in Sheffield until 1781, when, in the midst of the American Revolution, Freeman and a man named Brom successfully sued for their freedom. Once free, Freeman chose to work for Theodore Sedgwick, the lawyer who tried her case. She and her daughter Betsy moved to Stockbridge and helped raise the seven Sedgwick children. In 1803, Freeman bought a house and 19-acre farm of her own, where she welcomed her extended family of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and lived out her life as a beloved member of the Stockbridge community.

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abolitionist beliefs. She formed the separate American Women Suffrage Association in 1869 but reunited with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s National Woman Suffrage Association in 1890. Stone continued to crusade for equality throughout her life, though it was not until nearly 30 years after her death that women received the right to vote nationally, with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Her dreams for equality for people of color took much longer to realize, however—their right to vote wasn’t guaranteed until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

married, she wrote her own vows, omitting the reference to obedience and insisted on keeping her surname. In 1858, Stone boldly refused to pay property taxes on the basis of “no taxation without representation.� In 1879, Stone registered to vote in Massachusetts but was removed from the rolls because she did not use her husband’s name.

She disagreed with the mainstream women’s suffrage movement over the 14th and 15th Amendments, which guaranteed voting rights regardless of race but not gender. Stone did not see this as a setback for women, but rather a fulfillment of her

ROCK HOUSE RESERVATION West Brookfield

Leading suffragist and abolitionist Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was born in a farmhouse on Coy’s Hill in West Brookfield (now part of Rock House Reservation). Stone was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree and organized the first National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester (1850). When she

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he year 2020 marks several historical milestones connected to the definition of American identity: the 400th anniversary of the landing of English colonists in Plymouth; the centenary of white women’s suffrage in the U.S., and the General Election and opportunity to elect the President of the United States, including the debates of nation, race, and history that surround it. In response, The Trustees is focusing on telling the stories of those often marginalized in the history of America, including those of indigenous peoples, African-Americans, and women.

I AM AMERICA will explore the great variety of backgrounds and experiences that contribute to American identity, engaging visitors and the public in an exchange of ideas around this timely theme. Be sure to visit thetrustees.org/iamamerica for updates on programs and events exploring this important subject.

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