May 2, 2022, WASHINGTON – The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) is pleased to congratulate Catherine Paris, a student of Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey, for winning the nationally held Congressional Seminar Essay Contest for an all-expense paid trip to study at the Washington Workshops Seminar in Washington, D.C.Continue reading “NJ student, Catherine Paris, wins Congressional Seminar Essay Contest”
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1782 Beg Rug from Peachfield collection featured in exhibition in New Lyme, CT
The 1782 Bed Rug from the collections at Peachfield, usually situated in our master bedroom, as been featured these last few months at the “New London County Quilts and Bed Covers 1750-1825” Exhibition at the Florence Griswold Museum in New Lyme Connecticut. NSCDA-NJ President, Mary Prendergast, took a trip to the New Lyme to seeContinue reading “1782 Beg Rug from Peachfield collection featured in exhibition in New Lyme, CT”