John and Marianne Dwight Orvis: An Abolitionist & Artist Seek Utopia
Date and Time
Sunday Apr 26, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Fees/Admission
Free admission to Rokeby Museum members
$5 per person | $10 per family
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Description
John Orvis grew up in Ferrisburgh steeped in a shared Quaker faith and abolitionist fervor with his neighbors, the Robinsons. Through letters, artifacts and works of art discover John and Marianne Orvis’ life of activism and social reform. This Conversations in History presentation is led by long-standing Vermonter Clark Hinsdale III.
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