Saturday, May 4 – Derby Day at Linden Place
Linden Place Mansion is an historic property in nearby Bristol, Rhode Island, visited by four US Presidents. Tour highlights include tales of DeWolf family exploits, from their privateering and slave trading to their financial ruin and triumphant return to prosperity during Victorian times. Docents introduce visitors to family members Pomeroy Colt, founder of United States Rubber, now Uniroyal, his mother Theodora DeWolf Colt, who as Madam Colt ran Bristol Society from Linden Place as if she was Queen Victoria, and the great actress Ethel Barrymore who married into this most prominent of American families. Visitors are welcome to stroll the sculpture-filled gardens where they will find Greek bronzes and an 18th Century gazebo. Don’t miss the recently opened Bristol Art Museum in Linden Place’s 19th Century Barn.
Can’t make it to Churchill Downs this May 4th? You can still get in on the Derby action because Linden Place Mansion is off to the races! Dig out your derby hat and bring out the seersucker jackets as Linden Place brings the spirit of the Kentucky Derby to Bristol, Rhode Island. The ultimate derby watching experience, Linden Place celebrates Kentucky Derby Day in true Colt family fashion with mint juleps, live music, great food, live streaming of the 145th annual Kentucky Derby, live and silent auction & more. With prizes for best dressed, biggest hat, best dressed couple and more this fundraiser for Linden Place Mansion is not to be missed!
The Derby Day Party will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019. Tickets are available at https://lindenplace.org/derby-day-2019/. All proceeds benefit the ongoing restoration and preservation for work of Linden Place Mansion.
