Darien author Laurence Jurdem will discusses his new book, “The Rough Rider and the Professor,” about Theodore Roosevelt and U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge on Sunday, Jan. 21 at The Mather Homestead. — an announcement from The Mather Homestead
The book evokes the political intrigue of the Gilded Age and chronicles the extraordinary 35-year friendship between Roosevelt and Lodge. Roosevelt was a uniquely gifted figure. A man of great intellect and physicality, the New York patrician captured the imagination of the American people with his engaging personality and determination to give all citizens regardless of race, color or creed the opportunity to achieve the American dream.
Darien author Laurence Jurdem will discusses his new book, “The Rough Rider and the Professor,” about Theodore Roosevelt and U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge on Sunday, Jan. 21 at The Mather Homestead. — an announcement from The Mather Homestead
The book evokes the political intrigue of the Gilded Age and chronicles the extraordinary 35-year friendship between Roosevelt and Lodge. Roosevelt was a uniquely gifted figure. A man of great intellect and physicality, the New York patrician captured the imagination of the American people with his engaging personality and determination to give all citizens regardless of race, color or creed the opportunity to achieve the American dream.
One of Darien’s oldest houses, raided by Tories during the American Revolution and later the summer home of the first director of the U.S. National Parks Service, is getting ready to open to the public later this year. The home at 19 Stephen Mather Road was built in 1778 by Joseph Mather, a church deacon (and son of the Rev. Moses Mather, then minister of Darien’s Congregational Church). Joseph Mather chose a spot for it in the north of town thought to be less likely raided by Tories. Mather’s descendants have owned it until now.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for May 5 to mark the transfer of the property from the Mather family to the new Mather Homestead Foundation. The foundation will open the house to small groups of visitors by appointment sometime this spring, said foundation Executive Director Anna Denoyer.
