I await the grand reopening with trepidation, as the Trustees promise exhibits showing “the actual, broader scope of liberty and what it means to Greenwich”
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Coming this spring: a mock slave auction on the balcony?
Bush-Holley House closes until April for renovations
Nothing wrong with performing maintenance on a 1728 house, of course, and good on the Trustees for attending to it. I just worry about what they’re planning when it reopens: shades of the Smithsonian, I fear, with a dash of Monticello thrown in.
Some of the programming the house will put on when it reopens include lecture series in the spring and fall. The spring series focuses on important documents in United States history such as the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Constitution.
“We will be reviewing our history through documents in town over the course of life since and the impact that the Declaration of Independence and the war had on our community,” Niklaus said.
“The group will also put on tours and exhibits that “focuses more on the actual broader scope of liberty” and what it means to Greenwich.”
