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Vanderveer House to Participate in "Weekend Journey through the Past
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Come visit the Historic Vanderveer house during Somerset County's
Journey Through the Past Weekend - Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11, 2009

Weekend Journey

A weekend full of events at the Vanderveer House. Open house tours, lectures, and an exciting real encampment!
Experience the sights and sounds of 18th Century living with costumed re-enactors, live demonstrations and lectures. The weekend will include fashions of the times, pottery, dance, herbcrafts, harvest baking, butter churning, jewelry displays and more.

Saturday, Oct. 10:

Saturday 10:00 &11:00 a.m.and 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.
     "Loyalist" Governor Horatio Sharpe will hold discussions on significant pre-revolution topics.

Sunday, Oct. 11:

Sunday will be the same as Saturday with the addition of the North River Colonial Dancers
(every two hours) in period dress. Come learn the dances and then join in!

Plenty of activities, displays, and demonstrations are planned. Come see some of the great craftsmen from all over the region.

Participants include:
Lady Ellen's Fine Ware Fashion -
Fawn Macnab Seat Weaving - Stewartsville, NJ
Steinhagen Pottery of Griswold, CT -
Historic Delights Jewelry - Aldan, PA
North River Maggots Dance Troupe

Please visit these wonderful participants websites to learn more about their efforts and businesses.

Weekend Journey Through the Past –
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11, 2009

The Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission coordinates a fantastic two-day event with 25 of the county's most significant historic sites, including the Jacobus Vanderveer House. Admission is free.

The sites have been grouped into three convenient tours by location: Northern, Central, and Southern Somerset County. A scenic route plan with driving directions has been prepared for each of the three tours.

SOMERSET COUNTY'S "WEEKEND JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST" -

Free
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 10am-5pm
Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 12pm-5pm

Historic Sites tour with Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission

JVH is one of 27 significant historic sites open for the weekend under the banner of the county’s Cultural & Heritage Commission. Admission is free. All sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. A senic route with driving directions has been prepared. Anyone visiting five or more of the participating sites during the weekend will be designated a “History Traveler” and will qualify for a free drawing. The prizes include: a dinner for two, a brunch for four, and an overnight stay at a hotel — all compliments of some of Somerset County’s fine hotels and restaurants. All details are available on the website: schistoryweekend.com. Don’t forget to bring your camera. Submit your best Weekend Journey photos of JVH, and you may win a prize!

 

For additional information and details, please visit the Jacobus Vanderveer House website at www.jvanderveerhouse.com

For additional information and details on the Weekend Journey Through the Past, please visit www.schistoryweekend.com

 

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

Tel: 908-212-7000 ext. 611

Revised: September 15, 2009

 

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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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