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.
Details
The details below are for our 2024 meeting, which concluded on July 20, 2024. We will post details for our 2025 meeting as soon as plans are final.
Friday, July 19 - Meet and Greet at Ebenezer Avery House
For those arriving early, on Friday July 19 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 20 -Annual Meeting and Reunion
On Saturday, our Annual Meeting and Reunion will meet at the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa, 625 North Road, Route 117, Groton, CT at 9:00 am.
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 am. Following our traditional business meeting, memorial minute, and group photos, we have scheduled two well-known speakers and other activities for the balance of the day.
Our morning speaker, Dr. David Naumec of Central CT State University will offer us a presentation on “Connecticut’s African and Native American Revolutionary War Enlistments.”
Saturday afternoon
Our afternoon speaker, Drew Shuptar, will take us even further back in time, with his presentation, “Scouts and Soldiers: Native Americans in the Colonial Militias and Wars.”.
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
Registration details of our 2025 meeting will be posted once they are final.
Please complete the form below to make your reservation for the annual meeting.
In spite of recent inflationary trends, the cost this year for our event has been reduced to $50 per person.
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!!