Previous Events Held in Conjunction with
the Friends of The Jacobus
Vanderveer House
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Colonial Christmas at the Historic Jacobus Vanderveer House
Friday, November 30 – Sunday, December 2, 2007 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Entry $10
Children under 12 are free.
Detalis and Photos - Click Here
Colonial Christmas is a holiday fund raising event at the Vanderveer House. Celebrated interior and floral designers decorate the house in trimmings of the times for a festive and beautiful look into Christmas’ past. Rooms throughout the Vanderveer House will be decorated with period Christmas furnishings and greens.Shopping Boutiques, Colonial Musicians, Christmas Caroling, all add up to an exciting holiday visit.Free Refreshments will be served.
Special Cocktail Reception for Patrons
Friday,November 30, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Formal dedication of the Vanderveer "Kitchen Wing" and Visitor Center.
Patron: $95.00 Benefactor:$150.00. Call for tickets. 908-212-7000 ext. 611
Santa Visits the Vanderveer House
Saturday and Sunday December 1 & 2
from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Weekend Journey
through the Past
October 13 & 14, 2007 12 noon – 5 pm
Somerset County-Wide History Groups
Weekend
Free Admission
Journeys Through
the Past is a Somerset county wide
history tour for people of all ages.
For two days, families, seniors,
students and history lovers alike
all receive a map guiding them from
historic site to historic site through
out the county, sampling all kinds
of pieces from our great state’s
past, from craft demonstrations to
lectures.
There will be an exhibit of
findings from the Historic Landscape
Report on the Vanderveer property Saturday
and Sunday.
Saturday, October 13:
Theme: Colonial Craftsmen and Women
Throughout the day:
* Macnab seat weaving using ash split, natural rush, and hole caning.
* Basket weaving by Elisa Kessler-Caporale, 1 to 5 p.m. Display of antique baskets.
* Demonstration of bee keeping by Tassot Apiaries, Inc. of Califon, owners Jean Claude and Beatrice Tassot. Candles, soaps, and honey for sale.
* Revolutionary War music by mandolinist and guitarist Travis Wertzel of the Travis Wertzel Trio.
Lecture at 3 p.m. by interior designer Susan Miniman, ISD. “From Bum Roll to Ballgown,” a compendium of 18th century fashions.
Sunday, October 14:
Theme: JVH’s Historic Landscape Report (HLR), a detailed study and archaeological analysis of the entire house site. It includes maps, architectural sketches of an 18th century barn found on site, and outlines of long destroyed buildings such as hay barracks, privies, fences, gardens, and wells.
Throughout the day: Display of report findings.
Lecture at 3 p.m. on Vanderveer House’s new Historic Landscape Report by historian Dennis Bertland and archaeologist Dr. Ian Burrow of Hunter Research.
Refreshments will be served.
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Bedminster Township Fall Fest
Saturday,
September 15, 2007 (rain date 16th)
12 noon – 5:00 pm
River Road Park
Free Admission
Fall Fest is
a Bedminster Township – wide
family fun day. Pony rides, dog show,
fabulous food, music and hay rides.
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Bedminster Charities Golf Classic
Monday,
September 10, 2007 9:00
am
Foursome and individual golf tickets
available.
Dinner to follow – separate tickets
available-see Bedminster Township
web site.
Fiddler’s
Elbow Country Club
Rattlesnake Bridge Road
Bedminster, New Jersey
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Journeys
Through The Past
October 14 & 15, 2006 12 noon – 5 pm
Professor
Rich Veit of Monmouth
University to lead a walking tour from the Vanderveer
House to the cemetery where infant
baby Julia Knox, child of General Henry
Knox, is buried.
Somerset County-Wide History Groups
Weekend
Free Admission
Journeys Through
the Past is a Somerset county wide
history tour for people of all ages.
For two days, families, seniors,
students and history lovers alike
all receive a map guiding them from
historic site to historic site through
out the county, sampling all kinds
of pieces from our great state’s
past, from craft demonstrations to
lectures.
There will be an exhibit of
findings from the Historic Landscape
Report on the Vanderveer property Saturday
and Sunday.
Sunday @ 3pm free lecture by Dr.
Ian Burrow, archaeologist, Hunter
Research, Inc. and Dennis Bertland, historian
on the HLR at the Vanderveer House.
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Theme Luncheon/Lecture
Bernards Inn, Sunday,
May 6, 2007 at 1pm
Training of Continental
soldiers at the Pluckemin Encampment
during 1778 and 1779 on artillery captured
from the British changed the course
of the American Revolution. Now, the
encampment site, known as Artillery
Park, is being considered for the National
Register of Historical Places, and
the Raritan-Millstone
Heritage Alliance, Inc., a preservation group, will sponsor
a lecture-slide show about the archeology
of the site Sunday, May 6 at The
Bernards Inn, Route 202, Bernardsville.
A luncheon at 1 p.m.
will precede the lecture. Principal
speaker is Clifford Sekel Jr. of Somerville,
who was the chief researcher during
an archaeological dig at Artillery
Park nearly 30 years ago. Sekel is
now part of the team that is cataloguing
thousands of artifacts found at the
site.
The cost of the luncheon/lecture
is $40. Reservations are required and
can be made through Elyce Jennings,
(732) 463-0767.
For details please Click
Here
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Wine, Women and Artistry
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 11:00 am – 2:00
pm
A Luncheon With Guest Speaker Constance
McCardle
Somerset Hills Country Club
180
Mine Mount Road, Bernardsville,
NJ
Patron Tickets: $95.00 Benefactor
Tickets: $150.00
Call for tickets.
- Basket Boutique
- Luxury Vendors
- Champagne Reception
Connie McCardle is a couturier
designer who specializes in museum
quality vintage textiles and laces.
All proceeds to benefit antique furnishings
and textiles at the Vanderveer House.
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Bedminster Charities
Golf Classic
Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone,
NJ
Monday, September 12, 2005
Enjoy
a spectacular day of men’s
and women’s golf at the prestigious
Hamilton Farm Golf Club to benefit
local charitable organizations, including
Jacobus Vanderveer House. Includes
brunch, reception, awards, prizes
and dinner. Limited to the first
100 golfers.
Bedminster Township
Fall Fest
River Road Park, Bedminster
Saturday, September 17, 2005 * Raindate
Sunday, September 18th
Take a hayride
from Fall Fest to the Vanderveer
House and
participate in a hands-on archaeological
investigation with noted archaeologists
Hunter Research. 200 year old Revolutionary
War artifacts from site on display.
Special vintage quilt exhibition
courtesy of Lamington General Store.
Quilting demonstration, apple bobbing
and great family fun!
The
Merry Wives of 1776
Wednesday, October 19,2005
Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Luncheon
to benefit the restoration
of The Jacobus Vanderveer House
and a talk by Carol
Berkin, author of the book "Revolutionary
Mothers."Ms. Berkin's
book will be sold at the luncheon.
Gourmet and designer basket
auction.Location:
The
Bernards Inn
Route 202, Bernardsville, NJ
07924
Tickets are $95 pp
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A Colonial Christmas
at the Historic
Jacobus Vanderveer House
Friday – Sunday,
December 2 – 4,
2005
Annual holiday house tour featuring
festive Colonial interiors by prominent
designers and New Jersey’s
best florists.
Unique holiday boutiques, antiques,
floral arrangements for the home,
carolers, cookies, cider and
Dutch Father Christmas!New this year:
Cocktail preview party celebrating the
spirit of Christmas in the colonial style
with special boutique shopping and carolers.
Friday, December 2, 2005
