BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//FRIENDS OF OLMSTED-BEIL HOUSE - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:FRIENDS OF OLMSTED-BEIL HOUSE X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://olmstedbeilhouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for FRIENDS OF OLMSTED-BEIL HOUSE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T153000 DTSTAMP:20260915T160917Z CREATED:20260912T104424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T160917Z UID:10000591-1792936800-1792942200@olmstedbeilhouse.org SUMMARY:BRIDGING HISTORY: STATEN ISLAND CHANGES FROM THE VERRAZZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE DESCRIPTION:Olmsted’s Howitzer: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Transformationfrom Gradualist to AbolitionistThursday November 12\, 20262:00 pm – 3:30 pmThis is a Virtual Event – All who register will receive a link to join on Zoom. SPEAKERProf. James A. Kaser\, Archivist\, College of Staten Island DESCRIPTION From his youth\, Olmsted held views about slavery that were common among Northerners. He considered slavery wrong but was convinced that the institution would gradually come to an end in the South\, as it had in the North. He thought that the stances of both Southerners and abolitionists\, and the fervor with which they were maintained\, were equally wrong-headed. His friend\, abolitionist Charles Loring Brace\, debated with him and brought persuasive abolitionist leaders\, like William Lloyd Garrison\, to Olmsted’s farm. Olmsted was unswayed. This presentation will focus on the ways in which Olmsted’s perspective was transformed by his travels through the South as a correspondent for the newspaper we know today as The New York Times. His journalism and resulting book\, Journey in the Seaboard Slave States\, reshaped the national slavery debate and converted other gradualists from their positions. Olmsted’s transformation was so complete that\, in 1855\, he was the agent for purchasing a howitzer to arm Kansas Free-Soilers. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr. Kaser is a bibliographer and cultural historian with a doctorate in American culture studies. He has written six books\, including Staten Island’s Elliottville: Abolitionist Enclave\, Gilded Age Retreat\, Ferry Suburb (SUNY Press\, 2025) and a photographic history of the College of Staten Island (Arcadia Publishing\, 2026). THIS IS A FREE EVENT Donations to the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House are appreciated.Support FOBH » \n \n \n \n REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://olmstedbeilhouse.org/event/bridging-history-staten-island-changes-from-the-verrazzano-narrows-bridge-1025/ LOCATION:The Church of St. Andrew\, 40 Old Mill Road\, Staten Island\, NY\, 10306\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://olmstedbeilhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Verrazzano-Narrows-Bridge-1964.-Postcard.-NYPL.-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T153000 DTSTAMP:20261020T111358Z CREATED:20261020T010359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T111358Z UID:10000592-1794492000-1794497400@olmstedbeilhouse.org SUMMARY:OLMSTED'S HOWITZER: FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED'S TRANSFORMATION FROM GRADUALIST TO ABOLITIONIST DESCRIPTION:Olmsted’s Howitzer: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Transformationfrom Gradualist to AbolitionistThursday November 12\, 20262:00 pm – 3:30 pmThis is a Virtual Event – All who register will receive a link to join on Zoom. SPEAKERProf. James A. Kaser\, Archivist\, College of Staten Island DESCRIPTION From his youth\, Olmsted held views about slavery that were common among Northerners. He considered slavery wrong but was convinced that the institution would gradually come to an end in the South\, as it had in the North. He thought that the stances of both Southerners and abolitionists\, and the fervor with which they were maintained\, were equally wrong-headed. His friend\, abolitionist Charles Loring Brace\, debated with him and brought persuasive abolitionist leaders\, like William Lloyd Garrison\, to Olmsted’s farm. Olmsted was unswayed. This presentation will focus on the ways in which Olmsted’s perspective was transformed by his travels through the South as a correspondent for the newspaper we know today as The New York Times. His journalism and resulting book\, Journey in the Seaboard Slave States\, reshaped the national slavery debate and converted other gradualists from their positions. Olmsted’s transformation was so complete that\, in 1855\, he was the agent for purchasing a howitzer to arm Kansas Free-Soilers. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr. Kaser is a bibliographer and cultural historian with a doctorate in American culture studies. He has written six books\, including Staten Island’s Elliottville: Abolitionist Enclave\, Gilded Age Retreat\, Ferry Suburb (SUNY Press\, 2025) and a photographic history of the College of Staten Island (Arcadia Publishing\, 2026). THIS IS A FREE EVENT Donations to the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House are appreciated.Support FOBH » \n \n \n \n REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register URL:https://olmstedbeilhouse.org/event/olmsteds-howitzer-frederick-law-olmsteds-transformation-from-gradualist-to-abolitionist-2/ LOCATION:Virtual Event CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://olmstedbeilhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/James-Kaser.10.13.2025_edited-e1788917911693.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR