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Luncheon Scheduled for May 7, 2008
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March 30, 2008 - Bedminster/Pluckemin

Luncheon & Speaker to be held at the Morris County Golf Club to support The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House

Luncheon/Lecture
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Morris County Golf Club

Come spend a wonderful afternoon at the beautiful Morris County Golf Club to support the ongoing efforts to furnish and design displays for the famed Jacobus Vanderveer House in historic Pluckemin (Bedminster), New Jersey.

In addition to a champagne reception, a wonderful lunch, and an exciting guest speaker, there will also be:

  • Basket Boutique
  • Luxury Vendors
  • House & Garden Plants sale

A luncheon and lecture to benefit museum exhibits and furnishings for the Jacobus Vanderveer House.

Lecture: "From House to Home, 1750-1850 Transforming the Way We Live"

Guest Speaker - Ulysses G. Dietz, Senior Curator Decorative Arts Department, The Newark Museum.

Champagne Reception at 11:00am
Luncheon/Lecture - 12 noon.

Morris County Golf Club
36 Punch Bowl Road
Morristown, New Jersey

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For additional information please drop us an email note - Click Here or please call 908-212-7000, ext. 611 and leave message.

Luncheon Details

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

Tel: 908-212-7000 ext. 611

 

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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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