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Committees supporting the Friends of JVH

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
John Smith - President
 Leslie Mole - 1st Vice President
Doal Sanderson - 2nd Vice President
Karen Mlynarksi - Treasurer
Diane Gibson - Assistant Treasurer
Robin Ray - Secretary

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
(1) Lee Ann Lan - CHAIR
(2) Brooks Betz - Webmaster
(3) Tina Anagnostis - Newsletter
(4) Renae Biale* - Press Liaison
(5) Marthe Smith - Photo Imagery

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
(1) Diane Gibson - CHAIR
(2) Madeleine Fleming
(3) Clair Martin
(4) Chris Merton
(5) Leslie Mole
(6) Robin Ray - Bedm. Charities Golf Classic Chair
(7) Phyllis Shapiro*

COLONIAL CHRISTMAS COMMITTEE
(1) Diane Gibson - CHAIR
(2) Leslie Mole & Marissa Marks* - Wednesday
     Luncheon Co-Chairs
(3) Robin Ray - Thursday School Tours Chair
(4) Nancy Weeks - Friday Cocktail Party Chair
(5) Jonathan Hress* & Danielle Milliken*- Designer
      Co-Chairs
(6) LeeAnn Lan - Boutiques Chair
(7) Heather Scofield* - Event Treasurer
(8) Diane Covello - Invitations
(9) Jeanne Galbraith - Room Dedication (?)

PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE
(1) John Philips - CHAIR
(2) Tina Anagnostis
(3) Brooks Betz (Auxiliary Comm. - Docents)
(4) Julie Goetz
(5) Karen Mlynarksi
(6) Chris Merton
(7) Jay Petrillo
(8) Robin Ray - Summer History Camp

FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE
(1) Karen Mlynarski - CHAIR
(2) Diane Gibson - ASSISTANT CHAIR
(3) Clair Martin
(4) Jay Petrillo
(5) Doug Stevinson
(6) Phyllis Shapiro*

LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
(1) Leslie Mole - CHAIR
(2) Brooks Betz - Pluckemin Artifacts Liaison
(3) Madeleine Fleming
(4) Julie Goetz
(5) Jeanne Maass, Township Representative
(6) Clair Martin
(7) Doal Sanderson
(8) John Smith - Landscape Projects

MUSEUM & ACQUISITIONS
EXHIBIT DESIGN SUB-COMMITTEE
(1) Marthe Smith - CHAIR
(2) Brooks Betz
(3) Jeanne Galbraith - Kitchen Fireplace Project
(4) Julie Goetz
(5) Chris Merton
(6) John Philips
(7) Dan Powell
(8) Doal Sanderson

FURNITURE ACQUISITION SUB-COMMITTEE
(1) Madeleine Fleming - CHAIR
(2) Diane Gibson - ASST. CHAIR
(3) Diane Covello
(4) Jeanne Galbraith
(5) Leslie Mole
(6) LeeAnn Lan
(7) Nancy Weeks

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
(1) Doal Sanderson - CHAIR
(2) Julie Goetz
(3) Jeanne Maass
(4) Clair Martin

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
(1) John Smith - CHAIR
(2) Leslie Mole
(3) Jay Petrillo
(4) Doal Sanderson
(5) Phyllis Shapiro*
(6) Doug Stevinson

BYLAWS COMMITTEE
(1) Jay Petrillo - CHAIR
(2) LeeAnn Lan
(3) Robin Ray
(4) Doal Sanderson
(5) John Smith
(6) Doug Stevinson
(7) Nancy Weeks

* Denotes non-board member

Board of Trustees

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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.com 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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