OLLI St. Johnsbury will present BRANTVIEW – THE GRAND GIFT on Thursday, April 4th at 1:00 AT BRANTVIEW, Brantview Drive, on the St. Johnsbury Academy Campus (NOTE TIME AND LOCTION CHANGES). Limited visitor parking is available in the Field House parking area. Parking is also available at the Elk's Lodge on Western Aveenue in the lower and upper lots (Please do not park in the 'Members Lot' to the left of the upper lot or along the driveway.) Carpooling is recommended if possible. Please plan accordingly and allow plenty of time.

Brantview was the home of William P. and Rebecca Pike Fairbanks, designed by Lambert Packard, and built in 1883-84. "There are many handsome private residences in the various towns of the State, but the dwelling house recently erected in St. Johnsbury for Mr. William P. Fairbanks, Treasurer of the famous Fairbanks Scale Company, rivals in elegance and comfort any private residence ever built in this section." (Boston Journal, December 17, 1884)

"The situation of the mansion predicated its name: Brant, in Middle English, means high or steep; "Brantview" means high or steep view." (Caledonian Record, January 1, 1885)

Please join us at Brantview where Kurt Zschau, Director of Facilities; Tammi Sullivan Cady '88, Assistant Head for Advancement; and Carol Lyon, Assistant Head for Business Service, will discuss the renovation project and take us on a tour of of Brantview which is currently a dormitory for male boarding students.

This program is free to OLLI members. $6.00 to all others.

ON Thursday, April 11th, Dave Curtin, Retired Intelligence Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency, will present: WHERE THE DOUGHBOYS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN: WORLD WAR I AMERICAN MONUMENTS AND CEMETERIES IN FRANCE