Troutbeck and the Du Bois Forum will co-host a dedication ceremony for a new historical marker commemorating the Amenia Conferences of 1916 and 1933—two pivotal moments for the NAACP, strengthening the organization leading up to the Civil Rights Movement—both held at Troutbeck. This momentous dedication is thanks to a student group from Arlington High School in Dutchess County that was awarded a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a historical marker to commemorate the 1916 and 1933 Amenia Conferences. This will be the second historical marker to be placed at Troutbeck—the first commemorates Troutbeck’s first proprietor, Myron Benton and his frequent guests, Naturalists Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and John Burroughs.

May 1st-3rd