{"id":815,"date":"2025-07-18T13:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jockeyhollowsar.org\/news\/?p=815"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:17:28","slug":"members-attend-lafayette-ball-at-the-historic-sansay-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jockeyhollowsar.org\/news\/members-attend-lafayette-ball-at-the-historic-sansay-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Members Attend Lafayette Ball At The Historic Sansay House."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After the wonderful events on The Morristown Green on Sunday, July 13, 2025, two members attended the Lafayette Ball at the historic Sansay House in Morristown. The event was a re-enactment of the ball held 200 years ago to celebrate Lafayette’s return visit to Morristown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sansay House was the actual venue for the original ball, and the hosts, Dillard and Adrienne Kirby, of the contemporary party truly went all out to make this celebration memorable. The house entry was adorned with blue, white and red flowers in the gardens, in honor of the the Marquis’s home country. The “dining” room was set as though the Marquis and his hosts and guests had just finished a grand meal, while around the room were originals of correspondence from, and to, the Marquis owned by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute for American History – what a treat. Proceeding to the back yard, guests were treated with French champagne cocktails upon entry. The passed foods were delicious, French-themed wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Jeff La Marca and compatriot Ellis Bailey joined the approximate 130 guests in enjoying the festivities of toasts from the re-enactors, specially composed music from an ensemble from the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, and an exhibition of period dances by professional dancers from NYC and CT, in costume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a wonderful event held by those that support the history and triumphs of America, and Morristown’s contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The splendid Sansay House decorated for the Ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Attendees enjoying the Ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Attendees enjoying the Ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Ensemble from the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dancers demonstrating choices of the period.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The “Sansay’s” escorting their esteemed guest, “The Marquis de Lafayette.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the wonderful events on The Morristown Green on Sunday, July 13, 2025, two members attended the Lafayette Ball at the historic Sansay House in Morristown. The event was a re-enactment of the ball held 200 years ago to celebrate Lafayette’s return visit to Morristown. The Sansay House was the actual venue for the original … Continue reading Members Attend Lafayette Ball At The Historic Sansay House.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,61,66],"tags":[46,40,44,62,48],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america-250","category-ceremonies","category-historical-sites","tag-dar","tag-events","tag-historical-presentations","tag-public-event","tag-sons-of-the-american-revolution"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t