Our Town NEWSLETTER SPRING 2020 ANNOUNCING CALENDAR EVENT UPDATES Due to COVID-19 Many Upcoming Events Are CANCELLED Or POSTPONED
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SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS 2020 THEME Our Town NEWSLETTER SPRING 2020 ANNOUNCING CALENDAR EVENT UPDATES Due to COVID-19 many upcoming events are CANCELLED or POSTPONED MURIEL O’BRIEN SPEAKER SERIES THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 | FREE JONATHAN CAMPBELLPOSTPONED | 7 - 8:30 pm Ginger Elliott Center at Garner House 840 N Indian Hill Blvd. Lecture - "Liturgical Music in Claremont 1880s to the Early Twenty-First Century" HERITAGE WALKING TOURS CLAREMONT VILLAGE Historic Sites GuidedCANCELLED Walking Tour Claremont Heritage is proud to present The Treasury of Claremont Music 1st SATURDAY every month | 10:00 - 12:00 archive project. This project was conceived a number of years ago by Tom Meet at Old Depot First & Harvard Skelly, an artist, radio DJ, and avid music fan, in order to document Next Tours will be held: Saturday, March 7, April 4 Claremont’s expansive music community and the musicians who have Fee: $5/person - RSVP 909-621-0848 called the Inland Empire home over the years. These artists and musicians have made an indelible impact on our cultural history and we hope to CLAREMONT COLLEGES CANCELLED document and share this legacy for future generations to experience. Historic Sites Guided Walking Tour Meet at Seaver House - Bonita & College Ave Next Tour will be held on: The Treasury of Claremont Music website is an online digital “Living Saturday, March 28, 2020 | 9:30 - 12:00 Archive” that will showcase the rich cultural heritage of Claremont’s Fee: $10/person RSVP 909-621-0848 musicians both past and present, providing context for the vibrant musical scene that still exists to this day. The Treasury of Claremont Music will EARTH DAY continually be updated to highlight some of the regions most notable and Annual Earth Day Celebration April 18, 2020 | 9 am-1 pm important musicians by collecting biographies, images, and music clips to Memorial Park offer a glimpse of the diverse musical talent that has impacted so many. We POSTPONED hope to introduce and inform you about new musical artists and upcoming events, while providing a platform for further discovery of the music of Claremont. Contact us for more information about this exciting project and continued events! Please visit the website at: www.TreasuryOfClaremontMusic.com BY APPT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE CLAREMONT HERITAGE For more information about Claremont Heritage please email: OFFICES & GIFTSHOP [email protected], call: (909) 621-0848, or visit our website at Open Mon - Fri 10:00 am - 3:00 pm www.claremontheritage.org. Historic Garner House 840 N Indian Hill Blvd. Claremont, CA 91711 | 909-621-0848 SPRING 2020 2020 THEME from the president Our mission is to advance, preserve and celebrate the historic architectural, natural and JOHN NEIUBER cultural resources of our With apologies to ThorntonOur Wilder, Town“Our Town” is the Claremont Heritage theme for 2020. BOARD OF DIRECTORS In the play Our Town, Wilder hints that Grover’s Corners, the town in which the play is set, is not just the small town that exists in the boonies of New Hamp- John Neiuber, President shire, but that it is an “every-town”, with themes that are universal to all. Albeit Karen M. Rosenthal, Secretary Claremont is much larger than the two thousand plus population of Grover’s Buff Wright, Treasurer Corners, the themes resound. Like the Stage Manager in the play, we are in the Tria Belcourt present, looking back at the people, events and traditions that have made Zach Courser Claremont, our town, a very, very, very fine town . Jesse Emmert John P. Faranda With apologies to Graham Nash also, whose lyrics from Our House I co-opted, Peter Hansen our town is a very, very, very fine town, although I do believe our lyrics would Bernadette Kendall need to be “with two dogs in the yard!” Sarah Ann Long Martin McLeod During the year, we will explore our town in terms of what makes Claremont, Mondi Pic’l Claremont. What makes Claremont so fiercely loved by the citizens, admired by Jennifer Stark outsiders and what makes it such a cultural heritage tourism destination in Campbell Wright Southern California. STAFF In keeping with our theme, Claremont Heritage will also kick-off the second David L. Shearer, phase of the “Our House” capital campaign to continue the restoration of Kristen Fass, Office Manager Garner House, so that it may remain a City treasure to be enjoyed now and by Natalie Rocha, Archivist/Research generations to come. Julia Bourbois, Archivist/Collections James Jolicoeur, Event Manager Heritage also celebrates the kick-off the “Treasury of Claremont Music” that honors the musicians who have contributed to the cultural heritage of not only INTERNS/VOLUNTEERS Claremont, but have made impacts far beyond the city limits, regionally, nation- Zach Bower - Research ally and internationally. Rachel Fagg - Social Media Alec Kirkwood - Special Projects Heritage will also be offering and promoting its small business memberships, Michelle Chavez - Collections designed to drive customers to businesses where they may not only shop or Become a Member of avail themselves of services, but find information about the town and history to Claremont Heritage Today! help make their stay more informative and enjoyable, and to bring them back to explore more. CLAREMONT HERITAGE Open Monday-Friday 9:00-3:00 We invite you join with Claremont Heritage by participating in the many events Historic Garner House that are offered throughout the year and to enjoy the things that make “Our 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. (Office) Town” special. PO Box 742 (Mail) Claremont, CA 91711 909-621-0848 [email protected] JOHN NEIUBER www.claremontheritage.org President 2 | Claremont Heritage | SPRING 2020 CLAREMONT HERITAGE - Keeping Claremont’s HIstory Alive CELEBRATING OUR ARCHITECTURAL, CULTURAL + NATURAL HERITAGE Our Town In 2018, America celebrated the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act. W ith the passage of the National Trails System Act in 1968, America was given a gift – the creation and protection of some of Americans’ favorite places to discover the great outdoors by identifying and mapping our Historic National Trails. Claremont has two such trails that intersect our foothill community - The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail and the Old Span- ish National Historic Trail. Please join Claremont Heritage in recognizing this little known aspect of our history. Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. - hundreds of horses and cattle from the iSaventerior of Me xicTheo to establish Dates a fort and mission in what became San Francisco. On January 2, 1776, they camped at a spot along San Antonio Creek in what is now Montclair, and on a cold, rainy January third they made their wa2020y along a no GalarthwesterlySTAY rou TUNEDte th r TBDough what is now2020 Claremon Homet. Two days la tTourer they arrived at the San Gabriel Mission; on March 28, an advance party reached the Golden Gate. Please join us on Please join us on Old SpanishSaturday, National Hist oricMay Trail . T9,his t2020rade route between Santa FSunday,e, New Mexi coOct and the 11, Los A ngeles2020 Plaza was used from 1829 into the mid-1850s. Mule pack trains carried blankets and other woolen goods west ward; these were traded for Califor- nia horses and mule5:30s, which - 10:00went in the opposipm te direction. From Santa10:00 Fe, several amrout es- co4:00nverged pmin Cajon Pass. In terms of presentat-d athey landma historicrk sPadua, this single Hills Theatre trail passed for thethrough ClaremonCheckt south in of at In ttheerst aHistoricte 10, along Garner Bryn House Mawr Road and Auto Claremont Heritage Annual Awards Gala in Memorial Park no remnants of the trail in Claremont.) Celebrating One of Claremont’s premier annual events Other local routes. Historic Route 66, which passes through Claremont alongthat Foothill is not toBoule be missed!vard, could be included in this Our Town Docent-lead Tours of six-historic homes! a Nationalenjoy His antor icelegant Trail. 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Rather thaneither tr adaptivelyying reused or appropriately relocated in a manner that will serve to retain the history of Claremont and contribute to the futureencou “senserage discussionof place” of about the Plan them. Area. Join Claremont Heritagehttps://ww andw stay.trails50.o informed!rg/th eYou-tra willils- abect/ glad you did.