WOW! What an experience! Thank you to all who "attended" our virtual reunion today! Keep checking back for photos, videos and more from the day. The BullMarket will be open till everything is sold; stock up for the holidays now. View photos of past picnics here! Hope to see you at the homestead next year for the 154th, Saturday August 7, 2021. ​

The 153rd Annual Bull Family Reunion is going Virtual!

If you have never been to a Bull Family reunion because you couldn't physically get to the Stone House, 
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE to "attend" the reunion - from your own home!
The 153rd Bull Family Reunion will be held online
 this year Aug. 1, 2020, from 10 am to 2 pm!
Every minute there will be something to see and enjoy!
COVID-19 has really made 2020 into a challenging year, but there is a silver lining for sure!!
Now everyone with a smartphone or computer can "come" to this year's annual family reunion!
From 1867 to 1921, the Bull Family reunion was not always held at the Bull Stone House. The family had actually gathered at various locations around Orange County, NY during those years.  So I guess you could say that in this new age we are going old school!
Gather up your immediate troops on August 1st, in your backyard for a picnic, and then click on the Zoom Bull Picnic link on your computer or smart phone.
There will be so much to enjoy ~ 
Much of it is accompanied by recorded bluegrass music from the original Bull picnic band The Ramapo Fault String Band;  a "walk through" the Stone House; Family shout-outs from around the globe!; Genealogy talk and info on DAR and SAR membership; picnic photos through the years! You won't want to miss it!!

The Bull Family has been gathering annually for 152 years and we are the 2nd longest, continuously held family reunion in America. We Bulls aren't going to let a virus stop us from gathering together!
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The Association Board of Trustees voted Saturday, June 27, 2020, that because of the current NY State order which prohibits gatherings of more than 25 people, it's just not feasible to wait any longer to make a decision about the picnic. It was time to make the call because it takes a lot to hold the picnic as we have always known it ...
So they gathered our family volunteers and pivoted to the virtual reunion!!! Lots of meetings and lots of help have been pulled together to make this unusual reunion something special for everyone!
So here is what you need to do:
  1. Use the button above to register to attend.  There is a quick form to fill out that will help your Association Secretary, Nancy Boyd, get all your updated family information.
  2. Once registered, you will receive a link to the virtual Bull Family Reunion that will be hosted on Zoom video conferencing from 10 am to 2 pm on Aug. 1, 2020.
  3. Then get ready to hold a picnic at your home and share your pictures with the rest of the family! Take snapshots and send to Nancy.Boyd0@gmail.com or info@bullstonehouse.org, or mail directly to the Bull Stone House with your family name and info. 
  4. Sit back and watch the first-time ever Zoom Bull Family reunion event.
Bull Stone House Caretaker, Julie Cole, will gather her immediate Bull family at the Stone House, so that there is no mistaking that not only did we hold a Bull family reunion virtually, but we gathered at least a small number of Bulls at the Stone House, too!
We aren't losing our long streak for anything!!
Let's get everyone to "come" virtually this summer, and then everyone physically attend the 2021 picnic and reunion next year! 

You can view photos from past picnics here!