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$ CEMETERY "CEMENER": A FAMILY AFFAIR: REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS, NEWS AND THE WOMEN BEHIND THE PRESS
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Bethlehem Grandin Church Race Street Clinton, NJ 08809
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PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A $10 REGISTRATION FEE WHICH COVERS THE TALKS PLUS A SANDWICH LUNCH. PLEASE MAIL YOUR CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO THE HUNTERDON HISTORIC SOCIETY, 114 MAIN STREET, FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822.
Cemetery Cemener:
Sponsored by the Hunterdon County Historical Society and the 300th Committee, this year’s seminar and meet and greet explores the fabulous treasures found in Bethlehem Presbyterian Church's graveyards. Speakers include an amazing Key Note, Dr. Joseph M. Adelman, and local historians and notables, John Allen, John Kuhl, Rhonda Witwer, Hank Bonnell, William Honachefsky, and Bob and Leslie Leith.
Registration: 10:30 am.
Key Note Address by Dr. Joseph M. Adelman, Author of "Revolutionary Networks, The Business and Politics of Printing the News": 11 am.
Lunch courtesy of Jersey Mike's: 12 pm.
Cemetery Tours and Demonstrations: 1 pm:
- Revolutionary Gravestone Tour
- Mary Claypoole (1st Wife of David Chambers Claypoole)
- Bonnell Family
- Robert Taylor Famiy
- Civil War Gravestone Tour
- Gravestone Cleaning with D/2 Demonstration
Original "General Advertiser" newspapers from 1796 will be on display from the Hunterdon Historical Society Collection. Dr. Adelman's book will be available for purchase.
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, 2 Race Street, Pittstown, NJ 08867
$10 Registration fee os required; includes lunch.
Register at www.hunterdon300th.org.
Send checks to: Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main St, Flemington, NJ 08822
For further information call 908-782-1091 or go to info@hunterdonhistory.org
Sponsored by The Hunterdon County Historical Society, The Hunterdon 300th Committee, and
The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church.