Summer Seminar
Trip 1: Auburn
Trip Leaders
Jim Hooper
585-444-3970
jhooper103@aol.com
Marjorie Focarazzo
585-749-5346
mafocarazzo@gmail.com
Trip Cost
$100 for members and guests
Non-member guests must create an Osher online account in order to register for trips.
After you register, open the registration confirmation email you will receive, then click on the link within the email to fill out the questionnaire specific to this trip.
Trip Itinerary
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Check-in and departure from Osher at RIT (50 Fairwood Drive, Suite 100, Rochester 14623) |
| 9:00 AM | Rest stop at Clifton Springs Service Area on the Thruway |
| 10:00 AM | Arrive at the Harriet Tubman House in Auburn for a tour of home/museum |
| 11:30 AM | Board bus for lunch |
| 11:45 AM | Luncheon at Springside Restaurant, just outside Auburn |
| 12:45 PM | Leave the restaurant and travel to the Willard Memorial Chapel |
| 1:00 PM | Tour of the Tiffany Glass Windows and an Organ Concert |
| 2:30 PM | Travel to the Seward House for a tour of the home of Sec. William H. Seward. Depart at 4 PM |
| 5:30 PM | Arrival at Osher |
Some walking and standing is involved. Dress for the weather — rain or shine. Wear comfortable walking shoes. If you need a cane or walker, please bring one and use it. Don’t forget your camera. This trip is NOT wheelchair accessible.
Tourists go to New York City to see Tiffany glass. They go even further south to discover Harriet Tubman. Come instead with Osher to Auburn, NY this June and see both! On the Auburn Summer Seminar Trip, you will lunch at the Springside Inn with its Finger Lakes view, surround yourself with Tiffany treasures at the Willard Memorial Chapel, immerse yourself in Harriet Tubman’s courageous life as a military scout and rescuer of slaves in South Carolina, and also visit the home of Francis Seward, a white fellow female agitator and wife of Lincoln’s Secretary of State. Sign up early to choose the Seward House’s specialty tour, “Speaking for Themselves: The Women of the Seward Family.” All travelers will get a Tubman and a Seward tour, an Organ Concert at the Willard Chapel, and a seat in the Chapel surrounded by the recently rescued and last intact interior designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany: the chandeliers, stain-glass, ceilings, pews, and floor. All that, and you'll be home in time for dinner.
Our lunch will be held at the Springside Restaurant. It will include a choice of three entrees:
- Chicken Farce (Boneless Breast stuffed with our house made stuffing)
- Roast Sirloin of Beef with Mushroom Sauce
- Baked Haddock with Lemon Butter
Meal choices include garden salad, fresh baked rolls and butter, fresh vegetables, mashed potatoes, dessert of the day, coffee or tea. If you have special dietary needs, please indicate so on the registration questionnaire.