POINT OF VIEW

Should whites-only group curate landmark?

By DANIELLE HERBERT GUGGENHEIM
Posted 2/1/24

Applications are open for stewardship of the historic Van Cortlandt House — a stone dwelling built by the owner of a slave plantation in the Bronx. It’s now curated by The National Society of Colonial Dames of New York, an organization whose membership is limited to descendants of white colonialists. The Dames want to extend their stewardship. And the people of The Bronx shouldn’t stand for it.

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