Learn the Real History of Flushing this weekend!
If you missed the NYC history exhibit The Flushing Remonstrance: Who Shall Plead For Us?, written and curated by author Susan Kathryn Hefti, when it first opened in NYC last fall, you now have a second chance to see this exciting exhibit, which explores the roots of religious freedom in America, during its return engagement this spring!
The Opening Reception for the exhibit Who Shall Plead For Us? will be held at 2pm this Saturday, April 10, 2010 – this time hosted by the Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, New York.
Designed to travel, the exhibit panels – produced by the Holocaust Resource Center & Archives in NYC – tell the full dramatic story of what led up to the writing of the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance.
As noted by New York Editor and Cultural Critic Leonard Jacobs in this recent post on his popular web site, The Clyde Fitch Report, the Flushing Remonstrance is a historic petition which bluntly and courageously protested against New Amsterdam Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant’s relentless religious oppression in the 17th century Dutch colony which later became New York.
Scholars continue to explore the impact this 17th century document had on the evolution of the American concept of religious freedom. For this particular iteration of the exhibit, we are excited to announce that the installation at the Flushing Town Hall will also include original artwork inspired by the theme of freedom and produced by NYC art students under the direction of arts specialist Meri Ezratty.
The Flushing Remonstrance: Who Shall Plead For Us? will be hosted by the Flushing Town Hall through May 9, 2010. Suggested donation for attendance to the exhibit is $5 per person, Members attend free of charge.
The exhibit, The Flushing Remonstrance: Who Shall Plead For Us?, which according to historian Dr. Arthur Flug finally “sets the record straight” on this little known yet important chapter in American history, received some pretty terrific press coverage on its first visit to NYC including this front page story in The Gazette and this one from The Whitestone Times. Who Shall Plead For Us? was even featured on NY1 TV News, an unusual coup for a NYC history exhibit!
We do hope you all get the chance to see Who Shall Plead For Us? during its return engagement where it will be hosted right across the street from the historic Quaker Meeting House at the Flushing Town Hall.
If your Town Hall, Museum, Library or Historical Society is interested in hosting this traveling history exhibit after May 9, 2010, please contact Dr. Arthur Flug at 718.281.5770 or [email protected].
Thanks for your interest in Who Shall Plead For Us?. We hope to see you all at the Opening Reception this Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 2pm at The Flushing Town Hall!
Press Queries, Directions and Info: Flushing Town Hall or Terri Osborne @ 718.286.2669
The Exhibit Who Shall Plead For Us? is presented by
The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg
Holocaust Resource Center & Archives and
Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall