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The Cannon

News and behind the scenes information about all of the happenings of the Friends of the Vanderveer House and the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment. If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive a beautiful color copy of this newsletter directly to you, just drop us a note via email and we'll put you on our mail distribution list.


The Cannon Newsletter of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House

2011 Edition - "The Cannon" -

In This Issue:

  • Nationally Recognized Museums Partner With the Jacobus Vanderveer House
  • Mark Your Calendars!: Colonial Christmas is Nov. 30 to Dec. 4
  • Rooms Come Alive With Furniture
  • JVH to Unveil Exciting Kitchen and Hearth Exhibit
  • 3D Model Soon at JVH Revives Lost Pluckemin Artillery Park
  • We May Be Old and Historic, But We’re Now on Facebook!
  • Donate to support mission of JVH
  • JVH Special Events (Upcoming Events)

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The Cannon Newsletter of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House

2010 Edition - "The Cannon" -

In This Issue:

  • The Seat of Power - JVH Acquires Chair owned by General Henry Knox
  • House Opens Second Sunday's of Every Month
  • Unique Visitors top 1,000 per month to JVH Online
  • New Speaker Series on Second Sundays
  • PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR - COLONIAL CHRISTMAS IS DEC 1-5
  • Third Summer for JVH History Camp
  • New President of Vanderveer Board Has Landscape Experience
  • JVH Special Events (Upcoming Events)

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The Cannon Newsletter of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House

Fall 2009 (October/November) "The Cannon" -

In This Issue:

  • Expanded Colonial Christmas Dec. 2-6 features
    more days, more special events, more designers.
  • We’re on Facebook!
  • Party to celebrate Friends’10th Anniversary
  • Artillery Park now on National Register
  • Luncheon is first Colonial Christmas event off premises;
    Guests to enjoy live cooking demonstration, tablescapes, boutiques
  • Exhibits will show Revolutionary artifacts, history
  • Crossroads Heritage Area moves closer to naming sites
  • Bedminster School fifth grader John Lynch is a 2009 “Best of the Best”
    student journalist, as selected by the Celebrate NJ! Organization, for an essay he
    wrote last spring about Vanderveer House.
  • Interactive demonstrations planned for Weekend Journey Through the Past
  • Hunt is on for furniture to fill Vanderveer House
  • History camp sends children digging for 18th century artifacts
  • Donate to support mission of JVH

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The Cannon - Fall 2008 Cover

2008 Fall (October/November) "The Cannon" -

In This Issue:

  • Graphics for new JVH museum exhibit on drawing board
  • History camp at Vanderveer House sends children back to 1770s
  • Deck the Halls - Colonial Christmas is set Dec. 5-7
  • Furniture acquisitions move ahead at JVH
  • Landscaping plan finished, first work to begin in Spring
  • JVH Special Events
  • Weekend Journey Through the Past
  • Donate to Support Mission of JVH

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The Cannon 2008 January Cover

2008 Winter (January) "The Cannon" -

In This Issue:

  • Colonial Christmas Brings in 700 Visitors to the Jacobus Vanderveer House
  • Artillery Park wins Place on National Register
  • Attendance at Colonial Christmas up 40 % over Last Year
  • JVH Special Events Update
    • Middlebrook Generals Headquarters Bus Tour
    • Weekend Journey Thru the Past
    • Colonial Christmas 2008
  • What's Ahead for JVH - State Makes Exhibit Grant
  • Gravestones Collect History: JVH Lecturer Richard Veit
  • The Faces of Volunteerism at Vanderveer
  • Donate to Support Mission of JVH
  • Young Volunteers

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2007 Summer "The Cannon" - (Inaugural Edition)

In This Issue:

  • Long awaited JVH addition to open late this fall
  • Vanderveer House Goes Green
  • Importance of Pluckemin Encampment, under appreciated in past
  • IT’S A MYSTERY: What happened to the encampment site?
  • JVH helps add Pluckemin Encampment to National Register of Historic Places
  • Take a ‘Weekend Journey’ and visit JVH House in October
  • Vanderveer House may be old but we think modern when it comes to environment
  • Deck the Halls! Colonial Christmas is set
  • Donate to support mission of JVH

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The Board of Trustees of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House announced the creation of a new publication,The Cannon, the official newsletter of the Jacobus Vanderveer House. Due to release by mail, as well as distribution at historical events, meetings, and via the internet, the new publication is another vehicle used to communicate the news and events centering around the historic Jacobus Vanderveer House.

The objective of the The Cannon newsletter is to inform and educate our friends, patrons, sponsors, and the community about the continuing efforts to make use of this wonderful historic local treasure.

Originally designed by Liz Fuerst, the former Communications Committee head of the Friends of JVH, said at the release "We hope the newsletter reflects the tremendous work and efforts that all of our volunteers have been dedicating to the enhancement of the Vanderveer House experience, as well as all of the other activities through out the organization."

The Cannon is normally released annually by mail to everyone on "The Friends of JVH mailing list. To get on the mailing list click here to submit an online request.

While The Cannon is normally released by mail and at historical events, meetings, and via the internet, the new publication is another vehicle used to communicate the news and events centering around the historic Jacobus Vanderveer House.

Download your copy of The Cannon, Newsletter of the Jacobus Vanderveer House.

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Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
PO Box 723
Bedminster, NJ 07921

Tel: 908-212-7000 ext. 611

 

About the Vanderveer/Knox House & Museum
& the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment

For over two centuries, the Jacobus Vanderveer House has been at the center of Bedminster Township’s rich and colorful history. The house is the last surviving building in Bedminster associated with the Vanderveer's, a family prominent in Bedminster Township history from its earliest settlement through the mid 19th century.

The Vanderveer house served as headquarters for General Henry Knox during the winter of 1778-79, when the Continental Army artillery was located in the village of Pluckemin during the Revolutionary War's Second Middlebrook Encampment. The house is the only known building still standing that was associated with the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment. The artillery park and military academy is considered to be the first installation in America to train officers in engineering and artillery and predates the United States Military Academy at West Point (est.1802) by twenty four years.

The Vanderveer family house was later enlarged with two additions in the nineteenth century, remodeled in the twentieth century, and subsequently abandoned. The Township of Bedminster purchased the home and the surrounding area as part of River Road Park in 1989. The home has been restored by The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, a non-profit group of inspired volunteers dedicated to use the home as a museum and educational center.

Vanderveer/Knox Museum and the Friend of the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster/Pluckemin New Jersey - Home to early Dutch colonial farming, The Vanderveer family, and the Pluckemin Artillery Encampment - America's First Artillery Training Facility - the precursor to the West Point Military Academy
The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
P.O. Box 723, Bedminster, New Jersey 07921-0723
908 - 212 - 7000 ext. 611
www.jvanderveerhouse.org info@jvanderveerhouse.com
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The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, division of the Department of State.
 

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