Press Release: Tudor Place Introduces Conversations with Descendants

Press Release 

October 3, 2023

Washington, DC — Tudor Place Historic House & Garden is partnering with Georgetown University’s Art & Museum Studies Masters Program to present Identity, Trauma & Reconciliation: A Conversation with Descendants, part of Tudor Place’s Landmark Lecture series.

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Press Release: Tudor Place Offers Seasonal Tour: “Death Comes to Tudor Place”

Press Release 

September 26, 2023

Washington, DC — Tudor Place Historic House & Garden launches Death Comes to Tudor Place, a specialty exhibition and guided tour examining how funeral customs and burial practices evolved at Tudor Place across nearly two centuries. The Death Comes to Tudor Place tour will be offered October 3 through November 5.

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10 Picture-Perfect Gardens Near D.C.

Tudor Place ranks in top 10 picture-perfect gardens near D.C.

 

AugustDistrictFraylogo-01 14, 2023 @ 10:000 am | Katherine Mahoney

What better way to spend the long summer days than getting lost in a garden surrounded by flowers and the summer sun? The D.C. area is filled with unique public gardens perfect for a summer picnic, photo op or simply basking in the sun. Grab your camera and sunglasses and meander your way through these 10 enchanting gardens.

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Fruit and Florals, the Bohemian life, and America’s Story


Fruits replaced florals on the dresses at Tudor Place’s 31st annual garden party where lemons, oranges and grapefruits added a vibrant dash of color amid the pastels.

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More US cities and towns are slapping limits — or even bans — on gas-powered garden tools like leaf blowers to fight pollution and noise


It’s been a quiet couple of years at the historic Tudor Place mansion in Washington, DC, where descendants of Martha Washington lived for generations.

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Tudor Place’s 31st Garden Party Honors Diana Prince


Tudor Place saluted Diana Prince, longtime supporter of the house and gardens, built in 1815, at its annual garden party. Her daughter Daisy Prince Chisholm accepted the award on behalf of her mother, who could not attend the event due to recuperation from a medical procedure.

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Spring Garden Party at Tudor Place


Tudor Place’s Spring Garden Party brought out Georgetown’s finest.

The friends, the florals, the dazzling hats. An assemblage of sartorial splendor under a tent on a beautiful Wednesday evening.

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Hudson Shares New Mission, Preservation Plans at Tudor Place


Three invitations were extended by The Georgetowner’s April 20 cultural power breakfast speaker, Mark Hudson, executive director of Tudor Place, the National Historic Landmark on five and a half acres at 1644 31st St. NW in Georgetown.  

“Come and spend some time in our garden,” Hudson said, calling it an “opportunity for quiet reflection.” He then reminded attendees that the annual Spring Garden Party will take place on May 24. 

Hudson’s third invitation at the breakfast, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, was to the 2023 Landmark Lecture Series, subtitled Centering Stories of Enslavement at Tudor Place. Four evening lectures remain in the free spring-and-fall series. 

Next, on May 16, Walter Hawthorne of Michigan State University and Daryle Williams of the University of California, Riverside, will talk about Enslaved, an open-source, open-access platform that recovers and aggregates online the names and life stories of enslaved persons. 

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Mark Hudson, Executive Director at Tudor Place featured speaker at Cultural Power Breakfast

By Richard Selden • MARCH 30, 202

Mark Hudson, Executive Director of Tudor Place Historic House & Garden, will be the April 20, 2023 speaker in The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series — now the Cultural Power Breakfast Series. Since 2014, The Georgetowner’s monthly Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series has presented 48 insider talks by heads of area museums, theater and dance companies, performing arts venues and other arts organizations. Held at the Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Doors open at 8 a.m. for a buffet breakfast; the program follows from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. To purchase tickets, click here 

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Easter eggs are hidden all around the DMV! Pick from several Easter egg hunts coming up

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As of March 31, tickets for all 3 date listings are sold out.  Please join us again next year for Eggstravaganza!