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Speakers To Visit Historic JVH-
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New Speaker Series at the Vanderveer / Knox House & Museum
New for 2010 is a fantastic program at the Vanderveer House & Knox museum. The inaugural JVH Speaker Series Program will present guest speakers at the Vanderveer Knox House & Museum expanding its community outreach program.
The program is free - yet a donation is always appreciated.
The museum will open at 1:00pm. Our guest speaker will begin their presentations at 1:30pm.
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| September 12, 2010 |
Celebrating the Harvest Season
Autumn was a season of hard work for early Americans. Neighbors joined together to help each other during harvest time. Numerous hands were needed to butcher, preserve, and prepare many foods. School was canceled for days so children could help their parents with the harvest chores. The fruits of spring and summer labor were enjoyed during this season, which was also a time of feasting and recreation. Learn how our forefathers prepared for the long winter ahead while celebrating the harvest season.
 Judith Krall-Russo has studied the fascinating and rich history behind homegrown foods and exotic teas. She shares her knowledge by telling wonderful stories, laced with humor and surprising detail that make us appreciate and have an even greater taste for our New Jersey cuisine.
For additional information - visit www.teafoodhistory.com
The museum will open at 1:00pm. Our guest speaker will begin their presentations at 1:30pm. |
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| April 11 |
New Jersey Perspectives - Walter Choroszewski
Our i naugural speaker was Walter Choroszewski, New Jersey
photographer,author and advocate of state pride, who will present
his colorful photography
and a lecture offering
unique perspectives on New Jersey’s history!
To learn more about Walter Choroszewski, visit his website - Click Here
The museum will open at 1:00pm. Our guest speaker will begin their presentations at 1:30pm. |
| June 13, 2010 |
Weaving Demonstration and Discussion
Sunday June 13 demonstration:
Learn how cloth was made in Colonial times - how linen was processed from flax, what colors dyeing with various plants produced, how wool was carded, spun, and woven. Try your hand at carding, spinning, and weaving.
Lois Macknik, weaver, from Annandale, New Jersey -
 Lois Macknik began weaving in 1972, making belts on an inkle loom. At the Vanderveer House, she will give demonstrations of weaving, spinning, and needlefelting. Participants will have the opportunity to assist in the creation of these items.
To learn more about Lois Macknik - Click Here
The museum will open at 1:00pm. Our guest speaker will begin their presentations at 1:30pm. |
| July 11, 2010 |
Painted Floor Cloth - History and Demonstration
Nancy Leary (floor cloth lecture/demo) - a lecture on hand-painted canvas floor cloths (Lecture and demonstration)
Nancy Leary will teach the old art of "Painted Floor Cloth", an old art of painting canvas which can be used on the floor or as a painting. Floorcloths or "Oylcloths" are first mentioned in Britain in the beginning of the eighteenth century. They were painted by humble housepainters and often offered in the classical designs used for marble floors by the fashionable architects of the day.
The museum will open at 1:00pm. Our guest speaker will begin their presentations at 1:30pm. |
| September 12, 2010 |
Celebrating the Harvest Season
Autumn was a season of hard work for early Americans. Neighbors joined together to help each other during harvest time. Numerous hands were needed to butcher, preserve, and prepare many foods. School was canceled for days so children could help their parents with the harvest chores. The fruits of spring and summer labor were enjoyed during this season, which was also a time of feasting and recreation. Learn how our forefathers prepared for the long winter ahead while celebrating the harvest season.
Judith Krall-Russo has studied the fascinating and rich history behind homegrown foods and exotic teas. She shares her knowledge by telling wonderful stories, laced with humor and surprising detail that make us appreciate and have an even greater taste for our New Jersey cuisine.
For additional information - visit www.teafoodhistory.com
The museum will open at 1:00pm. Our guest speaker will begin their presentations at 1:30pm. |
Additional Information
For directions to the Vanderveer / Knox House & Museum - Click Here
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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.
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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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