OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL AT THE MORRILL HOMESTEAD & HOMECOMING FOR LAND-GRANT COLLEGE GRADUATES (FREE)
Friends of the Morrill Homestead & Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

DATE: Sunday, June 10, 2018 LOCATION: Justin S. Morrill State Historic Site & National Historic Landmark, 214 Morrill Memorial Highway, Strafford, Vermont, 05072

• 10:00AM-5:00PM: Expert guides present hourly tours of the historic Gothic Revival house. See the exhibits and stroll the Victorian gardens. Vermont Division for Historic Preservation's "Vermont Days" offers free site visits for Vermonters and "Vermonters at Heart" at all State Historic sites on June 9 & 10, 2018.

http://historicsites.vermont.gov/directory/morrill

• 2:00-3:00pm: MEET SENATOR JUSTIN S. MORRILL IN PERSON (portrayed by actor David McWilliams) as we celebrate YOU--the graduates of Land Grant schools from throughout the U.S. (Land Grant schools of the Northeast include University of Vermont, University of New Hampshire, MIT, UMass, UConn, University of Maine, University of Rhode Island and Cornell University) This self-taught son of a blacksmith from Strafford, Vermont grew up to become a prominent statesman and father of the Land Grant Acts that created the opportunity for people from all walks of life to obtain a higher education.

Event is free but registering online helps us plan: https://store.morrillhomestead.org/product/open-house-at-the-morrill-homestead-and-homecomin[...]es/

Full Program Description: https://www.morrillhomestead.org/news-events/2018-programs-events-exhibits/#7