The father of our country, George Washington, is coming to visit the New Utrecht Reformed Parish House on Feb. 11.
Meet Gen. Washington, as portrayed by Michael Grillo, the education director at the Van Cortlandt House Museum in the Bronx.
To celebrate the birth of our first president, Grillo, who has been appearing as Washington for more than 16 years, will again give a talk at the parish house and include discussions about the Battle of Brooklyn in August of 1776, his victorious return to New York in November of 1783, his inauguration there in 1789, and his visit to New Utrecht in April 1790, when he had lunch at Barre’s Tavern at 84th Street and 16th Avenue, where he greeted students from the village school.
President Washington will have an escort of two Revolutionary War re-enactors in the uniform of a New York State militia unit, one of whom will give a brief talk about the life and equipment of a Revolutionary War soldier. A question-and-answer session with the audience will follow the presentation.
Meet George Washington on Feb. 11 at 7:30 pm; free.
New Utrecht Reformed Parish House [18th Avenue and 84th Street in Bensonhurst, (718) 256–7173]
