Last updated: January 3, 2025
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January Events at St. Paul's

NPS
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site
897 South Columbus Avenue
Mt. Vernon, NY 10550 914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa
(These are live programs at the site, and we welcome and encourage in-person attendance, but some of them will also be offered as livestreams through shared platforms. Please register for the livestream through the website, under Calendar. No reservations required for in-person attendance at the site)
Sat., Jan .11, 1 PM. Tutti Bravi, a local theater company, presents, “Patriots or Loyalists? Remembering the Neutral Ground of Westchester during the American Revolution”. This will be a series of re-enactments, monologues, with original scripts, bringing to life the stories of people who struggled with torn loyalties -- sometimes dividing families -- during America’s fight for independence. Several of the historical characters portrayed are buried in the historic cemetery at St. Paul’s.
Monday, Jan. 20, 1 PM. Prof. Kristopher Burrell, of Hostos Community College/CUNY, explores the civil rights struggles and triumphs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in recognition of the national holiday. Dr. Burrell’s publications include a chapter on Ella Baker and Mae Mallory’s efforts to ameliorate racial inequities in the NYC public schools in The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North: Segregation and Struggle outside of the South (New York University Press, 2019). He is currently working on a study of New York City’s civil rights movement titled Outsmarting Racism: New York's Black Intellectuals and Theorizing Northern Racism, 1945-1968.