BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN
TZID:America/New_York
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:990@sparkhamptons.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260704T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260704T160000
DTSTAMP:20260625T002402Z
URL:https://sparkhamptons.com/events/east-hampton-historical-society-to-re
 open-the-mulford-farmhouse-following-restoration-to-celebrate-americas-250
 th
SUMMARY:East Hampton Historical Society To Reopen The Mulford Farmhouse Fol
 lowing Restoration To Celebrate America’s 250th
DESCRIPTION:The East Hampton Historical Society has announced the reopening
  of the Mulford Farmhouse\, located at 10 James Lane\, on Saturday\, July 
 4\, after a comprehensive restoration designed to recreate how the house a
 ppeared during the American Revolution.\n\nRestoring the house to its Revo
 lutionary War-era appearance is particularly appropriate because both the 
 exterior and interior layout remain largely unchanged from how they looked
  in 1776. According to the Suffolk County census\, the Mulford Farmhouse w
 as home to sixteen people at that time\, including Colonel David Mulford\,
  his wife Phebe\, and their six children. The remaining eight residents we
 re enslaved people of color\, among them Acca\, Daniel\, Jack\, and Phylli
 s\, whose lives and labor were integral to the household and its operation
 .\n\nIn addition to commanding a militia regiment—Long Island’s equiva
 lent of the Minutemen—and standing among East Hampton’s most prominent
  American patriots\, David Mulford was also the region’s largest slaveho
 lder. Like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson\, his story reflects wha
 t historian Edmund Morgan called the “American paradox”: how many of t
 he nation’s leading advocates for liberty and freedom also upheld and pa
 rticipated in chattel slavery. By restoring the house to its 1770s appeara
 nce\, the site offers visitors a fuller understanding of life in East Hamp
 ton during the American Revolution\, including the essential role enslaved
  people of color played in sustaining the household during the British occ
 upation.\n\nThe first comprehensive interior restoration since the Histori
 cal Society acquired the property in 1948\, the work entailed carpentry\, 
 plasterwork\, and painting overseen by award-winning preservation consulta
 nt\, Robert Hefner. The restoration was based on an in-depth paint analysi
 s of the interior finishes. For example\, the investigation revealed how D
 avid Mulford arranged to have painters apply an expensive Prussian Blue pi
 gment alternating with a copper acetate on the parlor’s woodwork\, which
  illustrates his wealth and status in the community.\n\n“We’re incredi
 bly grateful for the support of Ralph Lauren\, the Ladies Village Improvem
 ent Society\, Marsha Soffer\, and the New York Chapter of Daughters of Fou
 nders and Patriots of America for making the restoration possible\,” say
 s Steve Long\, Executive Director of the East Hampton Historical Society. 
 “Their generosity will enable our community to better understand the rol
 e that East Hampton residents played in the American Revolution and foundi
 ng the new nation. David Mulford\, for example\, was likely the first peop
 le on Eastern Long Island to receive and read a copy of the Declaration of
  Independence.”\n\nIn conjunction with America’s Semiquincentennial th
 is year\, East Hampton Town and Village Historian\, Hugh King\, will lead 
 a special walking tour of East Hampton’s Main Street focused on the Amer
 ican Revolution. Guests will learn where the colonial militia drilled\, un
 derstand how the British occupied East Hampton\, and see the homes of Amer
 ican patriots and Revolutionary War veterans.\n\nThe tour will begin on Ju
 ly 4th at 3 p.m. and guests are asked to meet at the Home Sweet Home Museu
 m (14 James Lane\, East Hampton). Throughout the summer\, the Mulford Farm
 house will be open from Thursday to Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.\n\n&nbsp
 \;
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sparkhamptons.com/wp-content/uploads/202
 6/06/ehhist-mulford-rest.jpg
CATEGORIES:Community
LOCATION:Mulford Farm\, 10 James Lane\, East Hampton\, New York\, 11937\, U
 nited States
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=10 James Lane\, East Hampto
 n\, New York\, 11937\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mulford Fa
 rm:geo:0,0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20260308T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR