What makes a tradition? Institution historian and archivist Jon Schmitz to answer in Heritage Lecture by Jamie Clarkson on July 10, 2020 share The Audience Raises Handkerchiefs For The Drooping Of The Lillies During The Old First Night Chautauqua Birthday Celebration, Tuesday, August 7, 2018, In The Amphitheater. BRIAN HAYES/DAILY FILE PHOTO To Jon Schmitz, historian and archivist