Each Spring, the History organizations in Westfield come together and present a Spring Assembly which is open to the public. This year, the Miller-Cory House Museum volunteers are organizing the program to be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Assembly Room of The Presbyterian Church of Westfield. “The REAL Housewives of New Jersey..Early American Women in their Kitchen Gardens” presented by Lesley Parness.

Kitchen gardens in the 1700's fed, healed, and clothed Early American families. The 18th century "huswife" skill set included "physicke, cookery, distillation, perfumery, the making of wool, hemp, flax, dayries, brewing, baking," and, of course - gardening. Growing plants both Native American and from their homelands, these women turned their soup pots into the "melting pot" that is America and exemplified all the best qualities of plantswomen and patriots.

   The Spring Assembly programs are offered to the public, each Spring, through the efforts of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Westfield Chapter; The Genealogical Society of the West Fields; The Miller-Cory House Museum Volunteers; The Sons of the American Revolution, West Fields Chapter; the Westfield Historical Society; and The Westfield Presbyterian Church.

     The program will begin at 7:30 pm at The Presbyterian Church’s Assembly Hall located at 140 Mountain Avenue in Westfield, NJ. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. The meeting hall entrance is by the parking lot. Light refreshments will be served following the program.