CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!!? Our year is almost over! But we're going to go out in big style!
Start our festive month with a fun talk on the history of Flemington Cut Glass. Bring in your treasures and show our speaker, glass expert George Muller, will take a look at it and tell all! At the Main Branch of the County Library at 7 pm on December 9th.
We have a quadruple feature on the Revolutionary War.... why? well, if you don't know by now that Washington crossed the Delaware from Bucks County, PA into Hunterdon County, NJ, you'll never know!
First, take a walk with South County historians John and Barbara Hencheck on the Road Along the Rocks... we meet at the West Amwell Municipal Building and board a bus for a short ride to the road. John and Barbara will let you know who's famous footsteps you walk in! This event is free, but because space is so limited we ask that you don't take tickets unless you know you are going to use them. The walk is being given twice, once at 11 and once at 1 on December 7th.
Second, we have a lecture on Washington's Crossing State Park by expert Peter Osborne. Peter is the author of the definitive books on both the PA and NJ sides of the river. Main Branch of the County Library on December 10 at 7 pm.
Third is Kingwood Historian and Revolutionary War expert and Militiaman Sal DeSapio's talk on the Crossing. Sal's passion for what our war heroes went through for liberty is legendary. Main Branch on Saturday December 13 at 2 pm.
Finally, historian Spencer Peck will talk about Hunterdon County in 1776 at the North Branch on December 17 at 7 pm.
On the 20th of December, we have an all day Open House at the Main Branch of the County Library. Our sales table will be set up at 9:30 am and be open until 4 pm. We have many treats in store for the day including 2 Childrens' Historical Craft Projects where they can make two different Victorian Style Christmas Tree Ornaments, learning decoupage in the process. You can sign your children ages 7 to 12 up for both and escape for a some local Holiday shopping! The crafts run 9:30 to 11 and 11:30 to 1 pm. Later in the afternoon at 2:30 pm, we also have the historical musicians, Anne and Ridley Enslow, returning to play music heard at the time of Washington's Crossing during 1776. The Enslows play period music on period instruments dressed in period attire. There will be other surprises all day and we'll be blogging about this special day later in the month of December.
On Sunday, December 28th, mothers, grandmothers, nieces, aunts, goddaughters and daughters are invited to a Victorian Holiday Tea at Teaberry's Tea Room. We're not banning the other gender, but are gentle discouraging them..... Women, please wear hats and proper tea attire; children under 12, please dress in Victoriana..... there will be a Girls Fashion Show and a judging of both best Lady's Hat and best Girl's Victorian Attire with prizes! We'll also have special visitors throughout the tea to delight young and old alike! Make your reservation through our reservation system Eventbrite and please drop off or mail a check within three days of your reservation. There are 2 seatings, one at 1 pm and one at 4 pm. The cost for the lovely 3 course tea is $25 for adults (18 and older) and $15 for children.
Finally our finale: High Noon on December 31 we shall be burying our Time Capsule with a flourish in the county park behind the Historic Courthouse. Our current plans are to start at 11 am grilling and serving hot dogs to all comers courtesy of our super sponsor Shop Rite; there will be lots of fun along the way and we hope you'll join us to see the history of the 300th be laid to rest..... just like us on January First!
Hunterdon County, NJ 300th Anniversary Celebration 1714-2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
NEW NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS! SKIRMISHETTE, CRYPTIC TRYPTICH; SEARCH THAT ROOM!
LET'S START WITH THE OBVIOUS (AND BAD NEWS): DECEMBER TICKETS ARE NOT READY YET!
BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS:
TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 15: WE HAVE A LITTLE TREAT IF YOU ARE FREE AROUND 2 PM. Following our nearly sold out lecture at 1 pm (if you want tickets, grab them now at www.hunterdon300th.org!) on the Skirmish of Geary's Ridge at the Main Branch of the County Library, we will all be reconvening around 2 pm at Geary's Ridge for a little Revolutionary War fun. Our friends from Bergen County, The Outwater's Militia, will be parading and firing a few musket rounds.... can't have too much gun powder on a chilly December day! There will be a brief recitation from Raritan Township Historian Emeritus Dick Stothoff on the skirmish and the lay of the land, and then a British Loyalist in full red regalia (boo!) will place a wreath on Geary's grave. Not a full blown skirmish, but it will be entertaining.
WHERE is Geary's Ridge? well, head south on 202 until you are almost in Ringoes.... there is a jughandle signed "Cornet Way" and across the street on the North bound side is the Geary's Ridge Homeowners Sign.... take that jug handle (if you are heading South) and enter the development.... and bear left up the ridge.... if the 300th is on our best game tomorrow, there should even be signs!
Tickets/reservations are free but required for the lecture; the Geary's Ridge event is free and open to the public.
TRYPTICH? Maybe we should go with the familiar name, "The Hunterdon Tercentennial Murals" -- that is, the three panels depicting icons of Hunterdon's history from the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s. On Wednesday, November 19th at 5:30 pm we will be celebrating the three panels coming together for the first time -- even the artist has not seen them finished and joined! And we're having a nice little party at the Main Branch of the County Library. This is free and open to the public and following the speeches and shindig will be a lecture on the 1900s by County Historian Stephanie Stevens.
SEARCHING THE SEARCH ROOM AND ENCORE! SEARCHING THE SEARCH ROOM EVENTS WERE SO SUCCESSFUL THAT COUNTY CLERK MARY MELFI decided to open up the Search room one more time..... first one was limited to 40 people; second was limited to 30 people..... this one isn't limited... it would be interesting if a hundred people showed up!! Here's what Mary says: From Hunterdon County Clerk Mary H. Melfi: For those who attended the Spring or Fall “Searching the Search Room” workshop, we thank you for your interest. We hope you found the course educational and enlightening. By now you understand searching your property requires time. Therefore we are pleased to announce the Search Room, located in the Hall of Records, 71 Main Street, Flemington, will be open to the public onSaturday, November 22, 2014 from 9am-1pm. We hope this additional time can assist you with the project you started or may encourage you to begin a new one. Questions, please call (908)788-1214.
FYI, THERE ARE STILL A FEW TICKETS LEFT FOR SUNDAY'S LECTURE AT 2 PM AT THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE COUNTY LIBRARY ON THE CREATION OF HUNTERDON AND COLONEL READING BY DELAWARE TOWNSHIP HISTORIAN EMERITUS MARFY GOODSPEED. TICKETS ARE FREE BUT REQUIRED!
STAY TUNED FOR ALL OF DECEMBER EVENTS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK!
BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS:
TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 15: WE HAVE A LITTLE TREAT IF YOU ARE FREE AROUND 2 PM. Following our nearly sold out lecture at 1 pm (if you want tickets, grab them now at www.hunterdon300th.org!) on the Skirmish of Geary's Ridge at the Main Branch of the County Library, we will all be reconvening around 2 pm at Geary's Ridge for a little Revolutionary War fun. Our friends from Bergen County, The Outwater's Militia, will be parading and firing a few musket rounds.... can't have too much gun powder on a chilly December day! There will be a brief recitation from Raritan Township Historian Emeritus Dick Stothoff on the skirmish and the lay of the land, and then a British Loyalist in full red regalia (boo!) will place a wreath on Geary's grave. Not a full blown skirmish, but it will be entertaining.
WHERE is Geary's Ridge? well, head south on 202 until you are almost in Ringoes.... there is a jughandle signed "Cornet Way" and across the street on the North bound side is the Geary's Ridge Homeowners Sign.... take that jug handle (if you are heading South) and enter the development.... and bear left up the ridge.... if the 300th is on our best game tomorrow, there should even be signs!
Tickets/reservations are free but required for the lecture; the Geary's Ridge event is free and open to the public.
TRYPTICH? Maybe we should go with the familiar name, "The Hunterdon Tercentennial Murals" -- that is, the three panels depicting icons of Hunterdon's history from the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s. On Wednesday, November 19th at 5:30 pm we will be celebrating the three panels coming together for the first time -- even the artist has not seen them finished and joined! And we're having a nice little party at the Main Branch of the County Library. This is free and open to the public and following the speeches and shindig will be a lecture on the 1900s by County Historian Stephanie Stevens.
SEARCHING THE SEARCH ROOM AND ENCORE! SEARCHING THE SEARCH ROOM EVENTS WERE SO SUCCESSFUL THAT COUNTY CLERK MARY MELFI decided to open up the Search room one more time..... first one was limited to 40 people; second was limited to 30 people..... this one isn't limited... it would be interesting if a hundred people showed up!! Here's what Mary says: From Hunterdon County Clerk Mary H. Melfi: For those who attended the Spring or Fall “Searching the Search Room” workshop, we thank you for your interest. We hope you found the course educational and enlightening. By now you understand searching your property requires time. Therefore we are pleased to announce the Search Room, located in the Hall of Records, 71 Main Street, Flemington, will be open to the public onSaturday, November 22, 2014 from 9am-1pm. We hope this additional time can assist you with the project you started or may encourage you to begin a new one. Questions, please call (908)788-1214.
FYI, THERE ARE STILL A FEW TICKETS LEFT FOR SUNDAY'S LECTURE AT 2 PM AT THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE COUNTY LIBRARY ON THE CREATION OF HUNTERDON AND COLONEL READING BY DELAWARE TOWNSHIP HISTORIAN EMERITUS MARFY GOODSPEED. TICKETS ARE FREE BUT REQUIRED!
STAY TUNED FOR ALL OF DECEMBER EVENTS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK!
Friday, October 31, 2014
THE BIZARRE: JUTLAND MASSACRE; GRAVEYARDS AND BAZAAR!
FAMILY FREE FALL FUN! Download our cemetery and graveyard activity sheets from our home page at www.hunterdon300th and go scavenge this weekend! Then come to our talk on Thursday, November 6th at the Main Branch of the County Library at 7 pm and share your experiences crawling around graves..... Sur-PRIZES for all participants!
Do you know the story of the JUTLAND MASSACRE? Few do! Some folks call it "Hunterdon's Ruby Ridge" -- 1926 -- Union Township.... the State Police at a stand off after a neighbor complaint.... a shoot out..... a murder.... then a major trial that stayed in the newspapers that took the Lindbergh Kidnapping to knock it out of the press. We still have seats for this riveting and little told story of Hunterdon's darker history. Sunday, November 2nd at 3 pm at the Main Branch of the County Library.
On November 8th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Choir School (3 Chorister Place, Flemington), we are holding a HOLIDAY BAZAAR early enough for you to do all of your shopping, wrapping, packing and shipping! We are fully stocked right now so come and shop til you drop! There will be door prizes and raffles and we have a full line up of some of our most popular authors who will be signing books for your lucky gift receivers! Come for a t-shirt (now on sale while supplies last!), a woven throw with our great historic icons (we have all three colors in stock now! -- hunter green, navy blue and cranberry), beautiful glass beer steins with our 300th logo etched on them, or a book: from 10 am to noon Stephanie Stevens will be signing Tillers of the Soil -- a great compilation of the farm families of Hunterdon, Walter Chorozsewski will autograph his beautiful photography book "Hunterdon in My Heart" and Frank Greenagel will be signing his new 300th special edition book that covers the amazing architecture of Hunterdon's Historic Churches. John Kuhl will be hanging with us all day from 10 to 2 signing his AWARD WINNING book "Hunterdon in the Civil War. David Reading, the great, great, great, great, great grandson of Governor Reading, will be signing his book on forefather's diary between 10 and 11 am, and artists/historians Dan and Marty Campanelli will be over between 10 and noon signing their book on Hunterdon's historic samplers as well as discussing Dan's art and the process of painting the fabulous Blue Skies (his painting of the Historic Courthouse done for the 300th).
Don't forget we have an exciting LECTURE SERIES series starting on Wednesday, November 5 with Stephanie Stevens covering significant events, people and dates in Hunterdon's history during the 1700s. This lecture is unique as Stephanie will be telling our history by using the first panel of the Hunterdon Tercentennial Murals painted by artist Paul Jennis for the 300th. On Wednesday, November 12, we'll hear about the 1800s through the icons on the second panel. And on Wednesday, November 19, Stephanie will be detailing the history of our county during the 1900s with the third panel. All of the lectures are at 7 pm at the Main Branch of the County Library. This is going to be a unique and interesting way of hearing about the history of our county and we encourage you to bring your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to see the art and hear the history.
Do you know the story of the JUTLAND MASSACRE? Few do! Some folks call it "Hunterdon's Ruby Ridge" -- 1926 -- Union Township.... the State Police at a stand off after a neighbor complaint.... a shoot out..... a murder.... then a major trial that stayed in the newspapers that took the Lindbergh Kidnapping to knock it out of the press. We still have seats for this riveting and little told story of Hunterdon's darker history. Sunday, November 2nd at 3 pm at the Main Branch of the County Library.
On November 8th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Choir School (3 Chorister Place, Flemington), we are holding a HOLIDAY BAZAAR early enough for you to do all of your shopping, wrapping, packing and shipping! We are fully stocked right now so come and shop til you drop! There will be door prizes and raffles and we have a full line up of some of our most popular authors who will be signing books for your lucky gift receivers! Come for a t-shirt (now on sale while supplies last!), a woven throw with our great historic icons (we have all three colors in stock now! -- hunter green, navy blue and cranberry), beautiful glass beer steins with our 300th logo etched on them, or a book: from 10 am to noon Stephanie Stevens will be signing Tillers of the Soil -- a great compilation of the farm families of Hunterdon, Walter Chorozsewski will autograph his beautiful photography book "Hunterdon in My Heart" and Frank Greenagel will be signing his new 300th special edition book that covers the amazing architecture of Hunterdon's Historic Churches. John Kuhl will be hanging with us all day from 10 to 2 signing his AWARD WINNING book "Hunterdon in the Civil War. David Reading, the great, great, great, great, great grandson of Governor Reading, will be signing his book on forefather's diary between 10 and 11 am, and artists/historians Dan and Marty Campanelli will be over between 10 and noon signing their book on Hunterdon's historic samplers as well as discussing Dan's art and the process of painting the fabulous Blue Skies (his painting of the Historic Courthouse done for the 300th).
Don't forget we have an exciting LECTURE SERIES series starting on Wednesday, November 5 with Stephanie Stevens covering significant events, people and dates in Hunterdon's history during the 1700s. This lecture is unique as Stephanie will be telling our history by using the first panel of the Hunterdon Tercentennial Murals painted by artist Paul Jennis for the 300th. On Wednesday, November 12, we'll hear about the 1800s through the icons on the second panel. And on Wednesday, November 19, Stephanie will be detailing the history of our county during the 1900s with the third panel. All of the lectures are at 7 pm at the Main Branch of the County Library. This is going to be a unique and interesting way of hearing about the history of our county and we encourage you to bring your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to see the art and hear the history.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
TAVERN TOUR TICKETS! NEW TIME - NEW LOCATION FOR SALE!
TICKETS FOR THE LONG AWAITED FINAL TAVERN TOUR OF THE 300TH CELEBRATION at the Tewksbury Inn go on sale this Saturday, October 25th at the MAIN BRANCH OF THE COUNTY LIBRARY ON ROUTE 12 AT 1 PM. THE EVENT IS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH.
We do NOT take payment for these tickets early. We also only accept cash and checks for Tavern Tours.
Tickets will be available from 1 to 2 pm outside the Lecture Room on the first floor of the Library. Beginning at 2 pm, we will be having a lecture in the Lecture Room on Governor Reading's life; you will be able to purchase tickets from the volunteers at our sales table inside (please come in quietly while the lecture is in progress). We will have tickets available until they are sold out or 4 pm at the Library, which ever comes first.
If we do not sell out by 4 pm, remaining tickets will be on sale on October 29th at the North Branch Library beginning at 6 pm before our presentation on Haunted Hunterdon. Please check our website's home page at www.hunterdon300th.org as to whether we are sold out of Tavern Tour Tickets or not.
ABOUT THE TAVERN TOUR: Join us at the wonderful Tewksbury Inn for a sumptuous and delicious luncheon at noon. Following a 3 course meal created just for this tour, Tewksbury Historian Shaun Van Doren will speak with us on the history of Tewksbury Township. A bonus optional mini talk is planned in honor of the Zion Lutheran Church's 300th anniversary celebration in 2014. Tickets are $40 per person. Checks and cash only. No early bird sales.
We do NOT take payment for these tickets early. We also only accept cash and checks for Tavern Tours.
Tickets will be available from 1 to 2 pm outside the Lecture Room on the first floor of the Library. Beginning at 2 pm, we will be having a lecture in the Lecture Room on Governor Reading's life; you will be able to purchase tickets from the volunteers at our sales table inside (please come in quietly while the lecture is in progress). We will have tickets available until they are sold out or 4 pm at the Library, which ever comes first.
If we do not sell out by 4 pm, remaining tickets will be on sale on October 29th at the North Branch Library beginning at 6 pm before our presentation on Haunted Hunterdon. Please check our website's home page at www.hunterdon300th.org as to whether we are sold out of Tavern Tour Tickets or not.
ABOUT THE TAVERN TOUR: Join us at the wonderful Tewksbury Inn for a sumptuous and delicious luncheon at noon. Following a 3 course meal created just for this tour, Tewksbury Historian Shaun Van Doren will speak with us on the history of Tewksbury Township. A bonus optional mini talk is planned in honor of the Zion Lutheran Church's 300th anniversary celebration in 2014. Tickets are $40 per person. Checks and cash only. No early bird sales.
Friday, October 10, 2014
NOVEMBER TICKETS GOING LIVE!
WE'RE TICKETING NOVEMBER! ALL lectures are at the Main Branch of the County Library (we don't know HOW that happened! sorry, North County!)
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE!!! ENCORE! SEARCHING THE SEARCH ROOM: On November 1st, our County Clerk, Mary Melfi, and her amazing staff will be repeating their seminar on how to search your property's history (November 1).
Did you ever hear of the JUTLAND MASSACRE? Some people consider it Hunterdon's Ruby Ridge - with a police raid and death! It was a huge courtroom trial held in the Historic Courthouse and was finally knocked out of the papers with the Lindbergh Kidnapping! (November 2).
If you played our cemetery scavenger hunt make sure you mark down November 6 to come in and claim your sur-prize! Results and discussion about everyone's experience crawling around graveyards around Halloween are sure to be fun and fascinating! HUNTERDON'S BURIED PAST -- LITERALLY. PART II occurs on November 6.
We have a NEW THREE PART SERIES WITH A BONUS! THE HISTORY OF HUNTERDON THRU ART is sure to please both art lovers and historians alike! Starting with the unveiling of two of the three panels painted by artist Paul Jennis at 2 pm on November 1st, on the next three consecutive Wednesdays (November 5, 12, 19) County Historian Stephanie Stevens will discuss each panel's unique icons and Hunterdon's history as painted by Paul. Panel 1, the 1700s, will be on the 5th; the 1800s on the 12th and the 1900s on the 19th.
HUNTERDON'S MILITIAMEN (November 9) turned the Revolutionary War around -- learn how, why, when and where in this great lecture by Author and Historian Larry Kidder who literally wrote the book on the importance of the Revolutionary War's local militias. Then on November 15th, you can hear about the SKIRMISH OF GEARY'S RIDGE in Raritan Township -- how the British turned tail after the Hunterdon Militiamen stood their ground. A special site visit to Geary's Ridge follows the talk.
Finally, the postponed talk on JOHN READING AND THE CREATION OF HUNTERDON will be held on November 16th.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER! INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL PARTNERS!
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE!!! ENCORE! SEARCHING THE SEARCH ROOM: On November 1st, our County Clerk, Mary Melfi, and her amazing staff will be repeating their seminar on how to search your property's history (November 1).
Did you ever hear of the JUTLAND MASSACRE? Some people consider it Hunterdon's Ruby Ridge - with a police raid and death! It was a huge courtroom trial held in the Historic Courthouse and was finally knocked out of the papers with the Lindbergh Kidnapping! (November 2).
If you played our cemetery scavenger hunt make sure you mark down November 6 to come in and claim your sur-prize! Results and discussion about everyone's experience crawling around graveyards around Halloween are sure to be fun and fascinating! HUNTERDON'S BURIED PAST -- LITERALLY. PART II occurs on November 6.
We have a NEW THREE PART SERIES WITH A BONUS! THE HISTORY OF HUNTERDON THRU ART is sure to please both art lovers and historians alike! Starting with the unveiling of two of the three panels painted by artist Paul Jennis at 2 pm on November 1st, on the next three consecutive Wednesdays (November 5, 12, 19) County Historian Stephanie Stevens will discuss each panel's unique icons and Hunterdon's history as painted by Paul. Panel 1, the 1700s, will be on the 5th; the 1800s on the 12th and the 1900s on the 19th.
HUNTERDON'S MILITIAMEN (November 9) turned the Revolutionary War around -- learn how, why, when and where in this great lecture by Author and Historian Larry Kidder who literally wrote the book on the importance of the Revolutionary War's local militias. Then on November 15th, you can hear about the SKIRMISH OF GEARY'S RIDGE in Raritan Township -- how the British turned tail after the Hunterdon Militiamen stood their ground. A special site visit to Geary's Ridge follows the talk.
Finally, the postponed talk on JOHN READING AND THE CREATION OF HUNTERDON will be held on November 16th.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER! INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL PARTNERS!
Saturday, October 4, 2014
TAVERN TOUR AND OTHER OCTOBER TXTS STILL AVAILABLE AND CHECK OUT OUR SPECIAL PARNTER EVENTS!
THAT'S RIGHT! We did NOT sell out of the October 11th Tavern Tour at the fabulous National Hotel in Frenchtown! Tickets are available (while supplies last) on October 4 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Flemington Choir School and we'll be toting them along with us on our October 5, 7 and 9 lectures until they are sold out! $40 gets you a special lunch prepared just for us, a beautiful inn and a great lecture on the history of Frenchtown. Cash bar available for those touristas who like to have a little something with a fine meal.
WE HAVE ROOM AT ALL OF OUR OCTOBER LECTURES! Check our website www.hunterdon300th for the full monty -- but some highlights (we just can't believe there is any room left!) include this week's lectures on the Vought House Site's archeology (October 5, 1pm, Clinton Middle School) that includes a tour of the inside of the amazing house (suggested donation of $5 is requested by the Vought Trustees; 100% of these funds will go to the restoration of the house), or on the development of Hunterdon's Historic Roads (October 7, 7 pm, North Branch of the County Library), or on what Hunterdon County was like 100 years ago during the beginning of the First World War (October 9, 7 pm, Main Branch of the County Library), or a special Planetarium Show of the planets and stars on the night of some of Hunterdon's most historic events (FAMILY FRIENDLY AND FREE!) at Raritan Valley Community College that includes a trip to the Observatory there (favorable sky conditions needed) -- this is GREAT FREE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT! (October 10, 7 pm -- NO late admissions permitted), and the all day bus tour visiting some of our most beautiful, historical churches to see their architecture -- a great trip at a great price just to see the gorgeous foliage of Hunterdon! (October 18, 9 am sharp, Raritan Township Municipal Building, $15 per person).
SPECIAL PARTNER EVENTS include a great display and program put on by the Rug Artisan's Guild on October 10 (daytime -- check our website) at the Assembly Space, Building One at the County's Route 12 Complex, a wonderful morning walking in Mount Airy (October 19), a spooky talk on ghosts in East Amwell (October 24), and a historic house tour in Flemington (October 25). Plus there is so much more some of which have ticket information and details on our home page so here's the list:
October 5th: Lambertville Walking Tour Lambertville Historical Society
October 5th: Califon Day
October 10th: Hunterdon Rug Artisans Guild Symposium OPen House Hoook-In and Demonstration
October 11th: Walking tour of Historic Annandale and the Vought House
October 12th: Alexandria Township Self-Guided Barn Tour
October 12th: Saxtonville Tavern Tour - Raven Rock in Delaware Township
October 18th: The Flemington Speedway Day
October 18th: Clinton Town Cemetery and Haunted Mill at the Red Mill
October 18th: Walking Tour of West Amwell Township
October 19th: Lambertville House Walking Tour Lambertville Historical Society
October 19th: Walking Tour of Mount Airy Village
October 24th: Ghosts of East Amwell - East Amwell Township Historical Society
October 25th: Stroll Thorutgh Flemington - A Historic House Tour Flemington Historic Preservation Commission
WE HAVE ROOM AT ALL OF OUR OCTOBER LECTURES! Check our website www.hunterdon300th for the full monty -- but some highlights (we just can't believe there is any room left!) include this week's lectures on the Vought House Site's archeology (October 5, 1pm, Clinton Middle School) that includes a tour of the inside of the amazing house (suggested donation of $5 is requested by the Vought Trustees; 100% of these funds will go to the restoration of the house), or on the development of Hunterdon's Historic Roads (October 7, 7 pm, North Branch of the County Library), or on what Hunterdon County was like 100 years ago during the beginning of the First World War (October 9, 7 pm, Main Branch of the County Library), or a special Planetarium Show of the planets and stars on the night of some of Hunterdon's most historic events (FAMILY FRIENDLY AND FREE!) at Raritan Valley Community College that includes a trip to the Observatory there (favorable sky conditions needed) -- this is GREAT FREE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT! (October 10, 7 pm -- NO late admissions permitted), and the all day bus tour visiting some of our most beautiful, historical churches to see their architecture -- a great trip at a great price just to see the gorgeous foliage of Hunterdon! (October 18, 9 am sharp, Raritan Township Municipal Building, $15 per person).
SPECIAL PARTNER EVENTS include a great display and program put on by the Rug Artisan's Guild on October 10 (daytime -- check our website) at the Assembly Space, Building One at the County's Route 12 Complex, a wonderful morning walking in Mount Airy (October 19), a spooky talk on ghosts in East Amwell (October 24), and a historic house tour in Flemington (October 25). Plus there is so much more some of which have ticket information and details on our home page so here's the list:
October 5th: Lambertville Walking Tour Lambertville Historical Society
October 5th: Califon Day
October 10th: Hunterdon Rug Artisans Guild Symposium OPen House Hoook-In and Demonstration
October 11th: Walking tour of Historic Annandale and the Vought House
October 12th: Alexandria Township Self-Guided Barn Tour
October 12th: Saxtonville Tavern Tour - Raven Rock in Delaware Township
October 18th: The Flemington Speedway Day
October 18th: Clinton Town Cemetery and Haunted Mill at the Red Mill
October 18th: Walking Tour of West Amwell Township
October 19th: Lambertville House Walking Tour Lambertville Historical Society
October 19th: Walking Tour of Mount Airy Village
October 24th: Ghosts of East Amwell - East Amwell Township Historical Society
October 25th: Stroll Thorutgh Flemington - A Historic House Tour Flemington Historic Preservation Commission
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
TAVERN TOUR TYPO AND UPCOMING SPECIAL PARTNER EVENTS
Some of you noticed that the last blog detailed our October 11th Tavern Tour at the National Hotel in Frenchtown with tickets going on sale 16 days after the event (October 27).... sorry about any confusion -- but of course that was a typo! Tickets are going on sale this Saturday, September 27, at 9:30 am at the Flemington Choir School, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington Borough. No credit cards please for this purchase. FYI, that 9:30 is firm -- we're really not going to be there early!
Weekends in October are extra special with our special municipal partner events! mark your calendars now -- What better time of the year to do a self guided tour of Alexandria's great barns, stroll the streets of historic Lambertville or Annandale or visit and tour the magnificent indoors of some of Flemington's most historic homes? Califon is also having a full day celebrating their history! You can visit a historic tavern in Delaware Township, walk the hamlet of Mount Airy and then relax with a nice cuppa and some refreshments on a lovely porch, check out the interesting graves in the Town of Clinton! Plus there is Flemington Speedway Days down at South County Park! go to our October Calendar at our website www.hunterdon300th.org for all of the details!
Weekends in October are extra special with our special municipal partner events! mark your calendars now -- What better time of the year to do a self guided tour of Alexandria's great barns, stroll the streets of historic Lambertville or Annandale or visit and tour the magnificent indoors of some of Flemington's most historic homes? Califon is also having a full day celebrating their history! You can visit a historic tavern in Delaware Township, walk the hamlet of Mount Airy and then relax with a nice cuppa and some refreshments on a lovely porch, check out the interesting graves in the Town of Clinton! Plus there is Flemington Speedway Days down at South County Park! go to our October Calendar at our website www.hunterdon300th.org for all of the details!
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