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Preservation Award Honoree: Richard Moylan The award honors his impactful leadership at The Green‑Wood Cemetery, which has made preservation, archives, and documentation a very visible feature of the site. Richard Moylan has served as President of The Green‑Wood Cemetery since 1986. Through his vision, Green‑Wood is building an Education and Welcome Center whose Center for Research will facilitate access to the Cemetery’s records and provide environmentally controlled storage for 185+ years of archival documents. Mr. Moylan is an exemplary steward of archives, at Green‑Wood and through his years of service to the New York Preservation Archive Project. Guest Speaker: David Mills, on finding inspiration for poetry through archival research. David Mills is an award-winning poet and author of four poetry collections, most recently, Boneyarn (2022 Poetry Society of Virginia North American Book Award), the first ever book of poetry about slavery in New York City. These poems shed light on the voices of enslaved people buried at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan ‐ one of the largest sites associated with 18th‐century slavery in the country and the setting of a community‐led preservation battle. He is inspired by the stories of people’s lives that are revealed through archival research, and his work celebrates the inspiration that landmarks can provide for telling stories. * * * *All tickets for in-person* Your support of the 2024 Bard Birthday Breakfast Benefit will enable the Archive Project to continue its efforts to celebrate, preserve, and document the history of the preservation movement in New York City. We are very excited about our honoree and guest speaker, and we sincerely hope you will join us on December 10th! PLEASE NOTE If you are purchasing multiple tickets and do not yet know who your guests will be, please press "skip" when asked for names and information. Once you know who will be attending, please email Emily Kahn at ekahn@nypap.org