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The Jay Heritage Center (JHC)〔(Official Site-Jay Heritage Center )〕 is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit incorporated in 1990 and chartered by the New York State Board of Regents to act as stewards of the National Historic Landmark home of American Founding Father John Jay in Rye, New York. Jay's childhood home is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District. ==Mission and Educational Programs== JHC's mission is to educate the public about the legacy of one our nation's greatest patriots, jurists, anti-slavery advocates and diplomats through the historic preservation, restoration and interpretation of the land upon which he grew up in Rye, New York. Jay's character was influenced by this touchstone throughout his formative youth and early career; he would return to it frequently as a place of both contemplation and celebration. After being raised in Rye from 3 months to 14 years old on a 400-acre farm, Jay went to the city to study law at Kings College, today's Columbia University but continued to come home fortnightly to spend time with family. When the Stamp Act compelled him and many other lawyers to strike in defiance of British law, he returned there to live from 1765 to 1766, and immersed himself in re-reading the classics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Jay, America's Diplomat; God Is In The Details: First secretary of state, chief justice heeded the fine print )〕〔 (Follow us: @IBDinvestors on Twitter | InvestorsBusinessDaily on Facebook" )〕 After negotiating the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War, Jay rejoiced with family and friends at his home in Rye in July, 1784.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Bar of Rye Township, Westchester County, New York )〕 As an adult, Jay owned and managed the property from 1813 to 1822 before transferring ownership of it to his eldest son Peter Augustus. The home stayed in the Jay family through 1904. Today, JHC manages the remaining 23 acre core parcel of Jay's home as an educational center with programs in American History, Architecture, Social Justice, Landscape Conservation and Environmental Stewardship. JHC's signature educational program ''Striving For Freedom'' is a site-specific, interactive play based on historic records which engages 4th grade to 7th grade students in a discussion of Jay's role in the abolition of slavery in New York State.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Text )〕 The play has been performed for over 13 years. JHC was also named to New York State's Path Through History in 2014 for its programs that explore themes of Civil Rights as reflected in the legacy of the Jay family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Path Through History )〕 Other popular school and family programs have included hands-on archaeology digs, architecture mini-camps and "Our Footprints Matter" a program about sustainability which highlights the energy efficient measures employed by JHC.〔(Lowey, Congresswoman Nita "Jay Heritage Center to Become Energy Efficient", 8/11/08 )〕 Notable programs for adults at the site have featured author Ron Chernow, Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar, Pulitzer Prize winning author Alan Taylor, landscape preservationist Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, and the late Roger G. Kennedy, Director of the National Museum of American History who helped outline an interpretative plan for JHC in the early 1990s. Past exhibits have included ''A Legacy of Sailing - Residents of the Jay Estate and Yachting New York 1843-1966,'' which coincided with New York State's Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration and was co-sponsored by Mystic Seaport; ''The Jays and The Abolition Of Slavery: From Manumission to Emancipation'' co-sponsored by the New-York Historical Society; and ''The Landmarks of New York'' a major exhibit of over 100 black and white photographs of iconic structures saved through preservation advocacy. Most recently the exhibit ''"Mary Rutherfurd Jay- Garden Architect (1872-1953)"'' illustrated the life and career of one of America's earliest landscape architects and proponents of professional education for women. In 2012, JHC created "The John Jay Medal For Service" "to recognize individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment and engagement with their community." JHC Founder Catherine “Kitty” Aresty and New York preservation advocate, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel were the first recipients of the Medal awarded by Congresswoman Nita Lowey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anniversary celebrations and celebrity conversations )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jay Heritage Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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