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Vanderveer House Featured at USGA US Amateur Championships

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Click Here for Details of the 2009 USGA Amateur Championships
Click Here to Download the ArticleJuly 22, 2009 - As the best junior amateur golfers compete at the 2009 US Junior Amateur Championships at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, guests receiving the official program of the event will be entertained with a piece about the Jacobus Vanderveer House and the rich history of Bedminster.

Click Here to download and read the wonderful piece published by the USGA and Trump National Golf Club.

And if you're in the area during the event, drive by the restored Vanderveer House off 202/206 in Bedminster.

If you're at the event, look for the black pamphlet at the front of the clubhouse. (see image below)

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Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., has been selected by the United States Golf Association to be the site of the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls' Junior Championships. The dates of the championships are July 20-25, 2009. This will be the third time that these two championships have been hosted concurrently at the same club.

http://www.2009usjunioramateurs.org/

The junior championships, open to amateur golfers 17 years of age and younger with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 6.4 for boys and 18.4 for girls, are two of the 13 national championships conducted annually by the Association, 10 of which are solely for amateurs.

Trump National Golf Club
Bedminster, New Jersey
900 Lamington Road, Bedminster, NJ 07921
General parking is available off Rattlesnake Road (not Lamington Road) in Bedminster. USGA US Amateur Championships at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey - Click Here to visit the USGA Museum Website

The area is also home to the historic USGA Museum, located at 77 Liberty Corner Road in nearby Bernards Twp, New Jersey http://www.usgamuseum.com/

Thanks JodiA special thanks to Jodi Pannullo (Coordinator of Volunteers) and Ed Russo, both members of the Trump National Golf Club Host Committee for their support promoting Bedminster's history and the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer house.

 

 

Submitted: Brooks Betz
Last Updated : July 23, 2009
Photos/Images: USGA/Brooks Betz

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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
Click Here for Directions

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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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