Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc.

The 2025 ERA Family Reunion will be held Friday and Saturday, September 26-27, 2025 near The Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA. Details and registration are available in the Summer Newsletter. We can't wait to see all of our cousins.

Registration is required for both the Friday bus tour & dinner and the Saturday meeting.

Registration is open now. Start booking your hotel room now either at The Wayside Inn or at many of the nearby hotels.

There will be no online or virtual meeting.

2025 REUNION and ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Friday September 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Registration required for bus tour and dinner.

1:00 PM -- Bus tour departs from Wayside Inn, Sudbury MA

5:30 PM -- Social hour followed by dinner at Wayside Inn

Saturday September 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8:00 AM -- GGather at the Wayside Inn's Ford Room for coffee, tea, and pastries. Coffee and teas will be served all day.

9:00 AM -- Welcome - Opening Remarks by John Chandler, PhD, President, Historian, and DNA Project Leader

9:10 AM -- ERA Family Database and Rice DNA Project - John Chandler, PhD

9:50 AM -- Edmund Rice 101 - Michael A. Rice, PhD, Board Member, Treasurer, Book Custodian

10:30 AM -- English History and the Rices - Guy Gettle, Board Member

11:10 AM -- Stephen Rice and his Descendants - Michael A. Rice, PhD

11:50 AM -- Group Photo

12:00 PM -- Lunch

1:00 PM -- Colonial Sudbury - The Rice Family and Their Role in the American Revolution - Guest Speaker Jane Sciacca, Author and Research Historian

1:45 PM -- Hydrology of the Rice Spring - Guest Speaker Thomas Sciacca

2:00 PM -- Annual Meeting and Awards

Be sure to stay in touch via our newsletter and Facebook page.

Email questions to info@edmund-rice.org