Did we need a Declaration? What does the text tell us about the signers? Was the Declaration a success? What has been its appeal and its influence abroad and at home over the last 250 years? Join Judge Douglas Ginsberg to explore these questions at a special Liberty 250 lecture.

Judge Ginsburg is known for his civics work. He produced a film for PBS in July 2023 on the Declaration of Independence and a three-part series on the U.S. Constitution.

This lecture will take place in-person and via Zoom

Tickets

In person | $10
SRNY and Museum Members | FREE
Virtual only | FREE

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

The HMS Asia shelling of lower Manhattan, which included a cannonball through the roof of Fraunces Tavern, began the evening of August 23, 1775, and continued into the early morning of August 24, 1775. This commemorative event will include a social reception with hors d'oeuvres and drinks together with brief remarks, followed by an optional dinner (starting at 7:30 pm). Attendees at the reception can view the first installment of our recently opened 250th anniversary special exhibition Path to Liberty: The Emergence of a Nation (which includes recognition of the HMS Asia shelling event).

Sponsors

Patrons (as of 8/22/2025)

• Ronald A. D'Ambrosi

• Theresa Spence D’Ambrosi

• William S. Eakins

• Lucinda Harding-Jones

• Peter C. Hein

• John Marmaduke Lynham, Jr.

• Peter J.W. Sherwin

• Ronald Spence

Tickets

Ticket purchase deadline August 21st

Reception Only - Members (Sons, Museum, other Societies)
$50
(reception includes open bar and hors d'oeuvres)

Reception and Dinner - Members (Sons, Museum, other Societies)
$170
(dinner includes three courses and drink service)

Reception - Public
$60
(reception includes open bar and hors d'oeuvres)

Reception and Dinner - Public
$190
(dinner includes three courses and drink service)

Patron 250th Event Sponsor: $100

(Add a patron donation to your event ticket. For tax purposes, all of this amount is tax deductible. Patrons will be listed on the event webpage.)

**For those making Patron-level event sponsorships or other additional gifts, the full value of those gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Patron HMS Asia Cannonball 250th Commemoration Bash sponsors will be recognized in our promotion of this 250th Anniversary Event on our website and in email promotions, as well as at the event.**

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

Our 2025 Flag Day parade will kick off at Noon on Friday, June 13 from City Hall Park, follows down Broadway, and ends at the grandstand in front of Fraunces Tavern at about 12:30pm. The Ceremony includes the student Essay Contest winners reading their essays on “What the American Flag Means to Me” and more! All are welcome to attend this ceremony.

This year’s Flag Day parade will also commemorate the 250th anniversaries of the formation of our Nation’s armed forces (Army on June 14, 1775, Navy on October 13, 1775, and Marine Corps on November 10, 1775), and of George Washington’s selection as Commander in Chief by the Continental Congress on June 15, 1775.

Read the press release here.

More information available on our Fraunces Tavern Museum website.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF LIBERTY AS WE COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARIES OF EVENTS IN OUR NATION’S FOUNDING

6:30pm ~ Reception with brief remarks by the author
7:30pm ~ Dinner including full author lecture, Q&A, and award presentation

On April 21, 2025, Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc. invite you to gather with us to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which took place on April 19, 1775. At this commemoration, we will also honor the winner of the 2025 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award and present the Museum’s new exhibition, Path to Liberty: The Emergence of a Nation, officially opening to the public the following day.

The Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award is presented annually to the author of the best newly published work on the American Revolutionary War that combines original scholarship, insight, and good writing. This year's winner is George Washington’s Momentous Year: Twelve Months that Transformed the Revolution—Vol. 1: The Philadelphia Campaign, July to December 1777 by Gary Ecelbarger*.

Commemorating the United States Semiquincentennial, the Museum's newest upcoming exhibition, Path to Liberty: The Emergence of a Nation, will be a chronological, multi-year exhibition telling the history of the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783. With a distinctive focus on what occurred in New York State and the surrounding areas, the first segment of the exhibition will focus on the years 1775 to 1776.

Ticket Information

$190 Reception and Dinner (for tax purposes, all but $140 per ticket used is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law)

$40 Reception Only (for tax purposes, all but $20 per ticket used is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law)

$100 Patron (Add a patron-level donation to your event ticket. For tax purposes. For tax purposes, all of this amount is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.)

$20 George Washington’s Momentous Year (Book) (discounted from the $34.95 retail price)

Attendees may also make a check out to “Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc.” and send it to:
54 Pearl Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004

*The views of speakers are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc. or its Fraunces Tavern® Museum.

Patrons

Joseph DiMona

George Dunston

Peter C. Hein

Lucinda Harding-Jones

Owen A. Kloter

Mark Kopinski

Peter J.W. Sherwin

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

The 135th Annual Church Service commemorates, in sacred gathering, the birthday of George Washington, gives thanks for the Society’s many blessings, and remembers the Sons we have lost since the last service.

Sunday, February 23rd, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

The Church of the Incarnation
209 Madison Avenue (at East 35th Street)

New York, New York 10016
(A livestream and recording will also be available at www.churchoftheincarnation.org.)

Following the Church Service and coffee hour, SRNY members will host a Dutch-treat brunch at approximately 1PM. All are welcome.

Tavern 29

47 E 29th Street (between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue)

New York, NY 10016

The George Washington Birthday Ball, hosted by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, is held each year to honor George Washington and to benefit Fraunces Tavern® Museum.

Further information and tickets are available for purchase on our Fraunces Tavern® Museum website.

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

Virtual Lecture Only (Free)

$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)

Books will be available for purchase on site

Patrons

Joseph DiMona

Peter C. Hein

Mark Kopinski

Stephen Madsen

Peter J.W. Sherwin

Wesley C. Winters

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

The Membership Committee and younger members of
Sons of the RevolutionSM in the State of New York, Inc.
cordially invite you to join us for our

Annual Holiday Cocktail Celebration

2024 Sponsors

Patrons (as of 12/4/2024)

• Lorraine Bell

• Steve Cannon

• Paul Dietrich

• William S. Eakins

• Peter C. Hein

• Owen A. Kloter

• Peter J.W. Sherwin
  

Complimentary refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, pursuant to Section XVI of the By-Laws, the Annual Meeting of this Society will be held both in person and virtually for the purpose of electing officers and managers and for the transacting of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. At the meeting, Officers and Committee Chairs will report on activities from the past year, as well as plans for the upcoming year.

All SRNY Members and guests with an interest in the workings of the Society are welcome and encouraged to attend either in-person or virtually.

FOR VIRTUAL ACCESS TO THE ANNUAL MEETING:

On Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, beginning at 5:30 p.m., click the link below:

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Passcode: 1883
 
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Evacuation Day marked the final British evacuation from New York City in 1783, after seven years of occupation. The evening culminated in a festive dinner given by Governor George Clinton, honoring George Washington and his officers at Samuel Fraunces‘ tavern.

Evacuation Day remained a New York City holiday into the 1910s, with celebrations rivaling those of the Fourth of July.

We look forward to celebrating as George Washington did that night, by raising our glasses for the very same thirteen toasts given at the first Evacuation Day Dinner at Fraunces Tavern on November 25, 1783.

Reception only: $20

Reception and Dinner: $150

6:30pm reception in the Museum's Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Educational Center for American History includes wine, beer, and hors d'oeuvres.

7:30pm dinner in the Bissell Room of Fraunces Tavern includes a three-course meal, wine, and beer.

OUR 2024 EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY AND TICKETS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

You can also purchase tickets by check. Checks can be made out to Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc. and sent to the Society:
54 Pearl Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10004.

Please contact the Society at events@sonsoftherevolution.org to alert our staff that your check is in the mail so we can reserve your space.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

On October 23, 2024, Fraunces Tavern Museum will unveil our vastly enlarged permanent exhibition "The Birch Trials at Fraunces Tavern", highlighting the role of Fraunces Tavern in the emancipation of thousands of Black Loyalists at the end of the Revolutionary War enabling them to leave New York City and the creation of the Book of Negroes. The exhibition expands upon one opened at the Museum in June 2023. Recognition is also given to the thousands of Black Patriots who fought to further the cause of American Independence.

The event will include a reception with wine, beer, and hors d'oeuvres. It will also feature special guests, including a lecture from Andrea Davis, Executive Director of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada. An optional dinner will follow the event.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit our Fraunces Tavern Museum website.