Sarah Jane Farmer, the daughter of electrical genius Moses Farmer and the humanitarian Hannah Shapleigh Farmer, became a pioneer in the movement for peace. She founded a conference center in Eliot, Maine where progressive subjects were discussed, and the arts thrived....
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 1* AUGUST 16th I desire to make manifest among the friends in America a new light that they may become a new...
If you glance around the room during a gathering of the cast for the forthcoming Project Empathy performance you may be inclined to focus on their diversity—their age range, their ethnic differences, their political/social views. What you might not realize is that...
The video is now available for the full program honoring Sarah Farmer, a woman ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said will “…become the envy of the queens of all regions and wilt be the rival of all the celebrated people of the world.” Born July 22nd 1847, Sarah Jane Farmer founded Green...
By Anne Gordon Perry, PhD. In 1912 Green Acre received its most illustrious visitor—‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, during His eight-month travels in America. He came for one week, August 16–23. The room He occupied on the third floor of the Inn...
By Frances Pollitt From July 7 – October 2, 2021 an exhibit showcasing the advent of Green Acre may be seen at the Maine Historical Society in Portland, Maine. Nested within a larger exhibit focusing on Maine’s historic and present-day place in addressing social...
Sarah Jane Farmer, the daughter of electrical genius Moses Farmer and the humanitarian Hannah Shapleigh Farmer, became a pioneer in the movement for peace. She founded a conference center in Eliot, Maine where progressive subjects were discussed, and the arts thrived....