Information on 2004 Deerfield Descendant Reunions hosted by Historic Deerfield: In order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the 1704 French and Indian raid on Deerfield, we have chosen 3 weekends next year for Deerfield Descendant reunions. The dates are: July 16-18 August 13-15 and Labor Day weekend, September 3-5 These weekends are designed to help you connect with other descendants from around the country as well as provide ample opportunities for you to learn about your ancestry. There will be guided and self-guided walking tours of the burial ground and other 1704 sites, lectures and discussions, a special 1704 exhibition in our main gallery, re-enactors from the “Society of the 17th Century” will be in town showing daily life of that time, genealogy workshops in the library, and a descendants "marketplace" where family associations or individuals can meet with other descendants. There will be special activities for families with children each of those weekends as well as a dinner and cocktail party. We are currently working on a Deerfield Descendant’s website that will provide more information and enable you to register for the reunions. We will have the website completed by mid-December and will provide you with a link to the site at that time. We would love to learn more about you so please visit our descendant’s survey at the Historic Deerfield website: www.historic-deerfield.org/descendants/survey.html. If you are not a current member of the Friends of Historic Deerfield, please visit: www.historic-deerfield.org/about/friends.html. Membership helps to provide the necessary funds to support Historic Deerfield’s mission to preserve the museum houses and the extensive collection of 18th and 19th century decorative arts as well as provide education programs to the general public. Membership includes the following benefits: -Free, unlimited admission to all museum houses, the Flynt Center of Early American Life and special exhibitions for one year -Free subscription to our semi-annual full-color magazine, Historic Deerfield -Our bimonthly newsletter, Up & Down The Street, which includes advance notice and member discount information for trips, classes and workshops -Free admission to all of our Hands-On History family programs -10% discount at the Museum Store -10% discount on museum publications -Invitations to Friends Afternoons, exhibit previews, and special events -Library privileges -Reciprocal admission discounts at more than 15 other outdoor history museums throughout the country. -Discounts on lodging and dining at the Deerfield Inn. Historic Deerfield is a non-profit museum of New England history and art within the carefully preserved 330 year old western Massachusetts village of Deerfield. Each year thousands of visitors come to Deerfield to see a collection of preserved, open to the public, 18th and 19th century houses, our extensive library collections and resources, and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life filled with some of the great decorative arts treasures of early America. The buildings and the objects in them are set in The Old Deerfield National Historic Landmark - a thousand acres of rich farmland surrounding one of New England's most beautiful and unspoiled villages. Visit www.historic-deerfield.org Michael Abbate Membership Coordinator Historic Deerfield P.O. Box 321 Deerfield, MA 01342 [email protected] 413/775-7176 Fax 413/775-7220 www.historic-deerfield.org --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]