John Jay Homestead

Residence of Bedford House and Farm, home of Founding Father John Jay and five generations of the Jay family. Learn more at

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Happy 99th birthday, President Carter! You’ve inspired so many people around the world with your leadership, character, and commitment to service. Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful birthday and send our best wishes to you and Rosalynn.

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Happy #NationalLoveNoteDay! Here is one of the many letters John Jay and his wife, Sarah, exchanged while apart over the course of their long marriage. Dated November 30, 1791, Sarah wrote, "I wish & wish the hours away longing for your return." #johnjay #loveletters

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

John Jay was nominated to serve as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by George Washington #onthisday in 1789. Jay served in the job for about four years until he was called away on a special diplomatic assignment in 1794. #johnjay #scotus

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

#OnThisDay in 1796, George Washington's Farewell Address was published in Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser. The address was Washington’s way of offering encouragement and advice to the citizens of the country.⁣

Read the full address: https://t.co/SCykLyz9Fo

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Are you registered to vote? Visit https://t.co/DnjxXNCdNK today for full details on how to register in your state. See you at the polls! #nationalvoterregistrationday

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

#OnThisDay in 1787, George Washington and 38 delegates signed the Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, creating a new government for the United States of America.⁣

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Happy #ConstitutionDay! 39 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to sign the US Constitution #onthisday in 1787. John Jay expressed his support for the new Constitution in the Federalist Papers, co-written by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. #americanhistory #johnjay

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

#onthisday in 1814, America’s national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written by poet Francis Scott Key! Key was inspired by the American flag flying triumphantly above Fort McHenry after an American victory during the War of 1812. #americanhistory #starspangledbanner

[Theodore Roosevelt Center @TR_Center]

Happy #NationalTeddyBearDay! Although Roosevelt disliked being called "Teddy," he was quite a fan of Teddy bears. He told cartoonist Clifford Berryman how much he enjoyed the bear as a symbol, and often received gifts of bears from the public, for which he always thanked them.

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Did you know that September is #NationalPianoMonth? The Jay collection has a piano forte, a 19th century version of the instrument that has only 73 keys, compared to the modern grand piano, which has 88. #johnjayhomestead #music #piano

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Since 2002, #PatriotDay has been observed in the US to commemorate the deaths of thousands of Americans in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Today we honor those we lost and all whose lives were forever changed afterwards. You shall never be forgotten. #September11

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

#onthisday in 1791, Washington, D.C. was named after our first president, George Washington. #americanhistory

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Learn more about American labor history via the Library's collections this Labor Day, from folklorist recordings of protest songs and worker testimony to images of striking workers. https://t.co/IPbgL9K369

[Lincoln Presidential Library @ALPLM]

Happy Labor Day! #AbrahamLincoln repeatedly wrote about the importance of labor and the respect workers deserve. #AbeSays

Source: https://t.co/KZOqQdvVyO

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Serenity now! Even the most visited national parks have places of serenity and solitude—you might just have to walk a little further on the trail to find it.⁣ Keep going. Almost there.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Color photos from the March on Washington are rare & locked down under expensive licenses. Today, on the event's 60th anniversary, we'd like to share this set of colorized images that bring these extraordinary scenes from the past into the present.
More: https://t.co/xqbdq54LUY

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

Did you know that George Washington was a redhead? This is a lock of his hair from 1797. ⁣The iconic white hair color we see in his portraits is a product of powdering his hair. He preferred powdering to wigs and kept his hair long and tied back in a queue or ponytail.⁣⁣

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Happy birthday to the @NatlParkService! The Organic Act, which established the NPS, was signed #onthisday in 1916. #nationalparks

[John Jay Homestead @johnjayhome]

Happy National Tell a Joke Day! Today is the perfect day to break out your best knock knock jokes, your cleverest puns, and your silliest slapsticks! (Bonus points if you have some historical humor to throw our way 📷) #johnjayhomestead #knockknock #libertybell #humor

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

At a ceremony in the White House Gardens, fifteen servicemen receive the Medal of Honor in October of 1945 from President Harry Truman 🇺🇸

You can never have too much valor in one picture 😎