Our 2025 Meeting
Join us for the 130th Annual Meeting / Reunion of the Avery Memorial Association on Saturday, July 19, 2025. We look forward to seeing everyone for this special event. Reminder: book your travel and accommodations now! Prices rise and availability drops as summer approaches.
Details
The details for our 2025 meeting have been announced.
Friday, July 18 - Meet and Greet at Ebenezer Avery House
For those arriving early, on Friday July 18 the Ebenezer Avery House, Fort Street, Groton, on the grounds of Fort Griswold Battlefield, will be open from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm for a “meet and greet” by AMA Board Members. Take a tour of the House and its Research Center.
Saturday, July 19 -Annual Meeting and Reunion
On Saturday, for our Annual Meeting and Reunion, we will meet at the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa, 625 North Road, Route 117, Groton, CT, 06340 (I-95 North, exit 88, turn left onto 117; I-95 South exit 88, turn right onto 117).
A continental breakfast with pastries, yogurt, fruits, tea and coffee will be available in the morning, followed by a buffet lunch at noon with hot chicken and fish entrees, soup, salad, pasta, desserts, bottled water, coffee and tea.
Registration will be at 9:00. After our traditional business meeting, memorial minute, and group photos, our principal speaker, Dr. Jason Warren, will take us back to our roots with a presentation on King Philip’s War “The Battles of Bloody Brook and Great Swamp Revisited, 1675.”
Saturday afternoon
This year, many patriotic organizations have begun celebrations and commemorations of the anniversary of our Revolution. In the same spirit, our afternoon speaker, Vince Pitts, will continue our program with a talk on one of Washington’s protégé’s, “In Sunlight and in Shadows, at Home and Abroad: Gouverneur Morris, American Patriot.”
Sunday morning
Members are invited to attend Sunday service at 10 am at Groton Congregational Church, 162 Monument Street, Groton (where the Avery Window is located). The church welcomes all members of the Avery Memorial Association.
Location: Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa
625 North Road, Route 117
Groton, CT, 06340
Directions: I-95 North, exit 88, turn left onto 117; I-95 South exit 88, turn right onto 117. Hotel is on your right.
Register here
Register below for our 2025 Meeting and Reunion
Please complete the form below to make your reservation for the annual meeting.
The cost this year for our event will be $55 per person, but reduced to $50 per person for two or more persons. Children 15 and under are $35.
Payment
Payment may be made in two ways:
1) By check payable to Avery Memorial Association mailed to our Groton address:
Avery Memorial Association
Post Office Box 7245
Groton, CT, 06340-7245.
2) By a credit card or with PayPal using the form below. In either case, please complete the form so we have your details. Payment options are shown at the bottom of the form. SEE YOU THERE!!