• Date: September 28, 2019
  Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
  Location: Garst Farmhouse
  1390 Hwy 141
  Coon Rapids, IA 50058

Join Whiterock Conservancy on September 28, 2019, for K-60: Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Khrushchev’s visit to Garst Farms. 

Commemorate: Keynote Speaker Timothy Naftali, CNN Presidential Historian and co-author of the award-winning, “Khrushchev’s Cold War”, will review the Soviet Premier’s historic 1959 trip to the United States — highlighting the significance of his visit to the Roswell and Elizabeth Garst farm.

Dedicate: Whiterock will dedicate a replica of Salavat Scherbakov’s 1957 sculpture “Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares”, based on the famous original located at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Celebrate: Recent renovations to the historic Garst Farmhouse earned it the “Best Rural Preservation Project” from Preservation Iowa. House and grounds tours will celebrate its history and preservation work. A Whiterock sustainable agricultural tour is also scheduled.

Schedule of Events (Subject to Change)
Except for the Agricultural Tour, all activities take place on the lawn of the Farmhouse.

• 10am - 12pm Open House & Tours
• 11:30am - 1pm Lunch (RSVP required to address below)
• 1pm - 1:30pm Sculpture Dedication and Ribbon Cutting John Norris
• 1:30 - 2:45pm Keynote Speaker Timothy Naftali
• 3pm Agricultural Tour (RSVP below)

RSVP: To RSVP for lunch and/or the agricultural tour or for more information, please contact guestinfo@whiterockconservancy.org or phone (712) 790-8221.  

Sponsored in part by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities.