EVENT ROUND-UP: October 25 to November 15 [Updated 11/5!]

The RMVE Blog has lots of opportunities for you to pull on your favorite woolly sweater, get out into the crisp autumn air, and enjoy the vibrant colors of the turning leaves! Click on an event for more info!

October 26: PUMPKIN PATCH
November 1: 15-MILE TOWPATH BIKE RIDE
November 5: SWAMP GAS DEMONSTRATION
November 6: LECTURE BY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
November 8: COOL WOMEN POETS' READING
November 8 & 9: AMER. REV. REENACTMANT
November 9: LUNCHEON & LECTURE ON JAMES PARKER
November 15: ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE HOLIDAY SALE
November 15: LECTURE ON ABE LINCOLN & MARY TODD
November 15: CANOE/KAYAK THE D&R CANAL

Please send us your photos of these events! Anyone willing to publicly share their personal photographs of these events on the RMVE Blog is encouraged to email them in .jpg format, 200 KB or less, to the blog's primary writer/editor/monitor, Jan ten Broeke, at tensart@gmail.com. Please include any identifying information with your submissions including site location, activities, and names of individuals prominent in the photo(s).

While no compensation for your photos is available, you will be providing everyone who views them with lasting memories and joy, as well as helping your community document these significant activities for the benefit of many generations to come. In that spirit, we hope you will be generous--and judicious--in your photo submissions!

Please spread the word about the RMVE Blog!

First Photos Are IN For "Weekend Journey Through The Past"! Photo Submissions For Posting Are VERY Welcome!

Musician/re-enactor playing period music at the Wyckoff-Garretson House's 4th Annual Living History Weekend during Somerset County's 3rd Annual Weekend Journey Through The Past!


Jan ten Broeke at the Wyckoff-Garretson House posing with 18th and 19th Century spinning wheels, hearth ironware, and kitchen table and chairs, all from his and his wife Barbara's personal collection.

Please send us more photos to share on the RMVE Blog! Anyone willing to publicly share their personal photographs of the Weekend's festivities on this blog are encouraged to email them in .jpg format to the blog's primary writer/editor/monitor, Jan ten Broeke, at tensart@gmail.com! Please include any identifying information with your submissions including site location, activities, and names of individuals prominent in the photo(s).**

THANK YOU to everyone who made Somerset County's 3rd Annual Weekend Journey Through The Past such a smashing success! Everyone in the RMVE Blog community looks forward to seeing you at future events celebrating Central New Jersey's unique cultural and historical heritage and precious environmental preserves!

**While no compensation for your photos is available, you will be providing everyone who views them with lasting memories and joy, as well as helping your community document these significant activities for the benefit of many generations to come. In that spirit, we hope you will be generous--and judicious--in your photo submissions!

October 26: PUMPKIN PATCH! Spoooky-Good Family Fun!

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October 22: Multimedia Teddy Roosevelt Event!

The Meadows Foundation is proud to host:

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: His Life and Times as Seen Through Political Cartoons, Postcards, and Pictures of the Period


Date: Wednesday, October 22
Time: 7:00PM
Place: Tulipwood House, 1165 Hamilton Street, Somerset
Tickets: $10
Reserve: (732) 560-1977

Popular independent historian, Charles F. McSorley, will give a music and slide show accompanied talk covering the turbulent and exciting life and times of America's 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, and share stories about other fascinating public figures of the day.

"This is the second in our three-part fall Fireside Chats lecture series. Our theme this fall is the election, and we want to help capture the spirit of this exciting time through our presentations."
-Christine Retz, Meadows Foundation Secretary

Please join us for this fun and exciting event!

The Meadows Foundation's Resolution Supporting The Millstone Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Plan

The Board of Directors of the Meadows Foundation submitted the following resolution to the Franklin Council to encourage its adoption. It will be on tomorrow night's (Tuesday October 14) agenda for adoption by the Franklin Township Council. The Council will meet at 7PM in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 475 DeMott Lane. This meeting will be open to the public.

Resolution of Support for the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

Date: October 8, 2008

The Board of Directors of the Meadows Foundation urges adoption of the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan to preserve and enhance Central New Jersey’s heritage, history and open space.

The Meadows Foundation will benefit from this consolidation since three of the historic properties under its stewardship, namely the Hageman House and Barns, Wyckoff-Garretson House, and the van Liew Suydam House fall within the Millstone Valley Scenic and Historic Corridor.

The Millstone Valley Scenic Byway Corridor has already been officially recognized by the New Jersey State Scenic Byway Program.

The Corridor Management Plan is needed to support National designation of the Byway, which would make Federal Highway Administration National Scenic Byway Program funds available for implementing the Plan’s recommendations.

Sincerely:
John Mullen
President of the Meadows Foundation


Click here for more information about the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway.

October 11 and 12: Somerset County's "Weekend Journey Through The Past"

Please join us for Somerset County's 3rd Annual Weekend Journey Through The Past!

Saturday, October 11 from 10:00AM to 5:00PM

Sunday, October 12 from 12:00PM to 5:00PM

Somerset County's Third Annual Weekend Journey Through the Past is the perfect opportunity for your entire family to feed your curiosity and expand your knowledge by traveling through time and immersing yourselves in the past!

Twenty-five beautifully preserved, historically significant sites will be open and free of charge for you to tour and explore all weekend long! Through the rich tradition of oral history you will get to know many of the properties' former occupants, including very distinguished statesmen and national leaders, and experience what life was like in 18th and 19th century New Jersey, from daily work responsibilities and pleasurable pastimes to the difficult hardships endured during the American Revolution.

Other demonstrations offered at select sites include: period music, craft making, open hearth cooking, musket use, black smithing, military drills, and many more! Please click on the individual site below to see what events and demonstrations each site offers.

PARTICIPATING HISTORIC SITES

Bedensville One-Room Schoolhouse, Skillman (Montgomery)

Boudinot-Southard-Ross Property, Basking Ridge (Bernards)

Brick Academy, Basking Ridge (Bernards)

Codington Farmstead, Warren

First Reformed Church of Rocky Hill

Gen. John Frelinghuysen House/Raritan Public Library, Raritan

Griggstown School House, Griggstown (Franklin)

Kennedy-Martin Stelle Farmstead, Basking Ridge (Bernards)

Kirch-Ford House, Warren

Mount Bethel Meeting House, Warren

Old Dutch Parsonage, Somerville

Old Millstone Forge Blacksmith Shop & Museum, Millstone

Old Presbyterian Graveyard, Bound Brook

Daniel Robert House, Somerville

Rockingham, Kingston (Franklin)

Somerset County Courthouse Green (two sites), Somerville

Somerset County Historic Court House & Lord Memorial Fountain

First Dutch Reformed Church

South Branch School House, Branchburg

Abraham Staats House, South Bound Brook

Andrew Ten Eyck House, Branchburg

U.S. Golf Association Museum, Far Hills

Jacobus Vanderveer House, Bedminster

Van Horne House, Bridgewater

Van Veghten House, Bridgewater

Vermeule Mansion, North Plainfield

Wallace House, Somerville

Washington Rock/Washington Rock State Park, Green Brook

Wyckoff-Garretson House, RECOMMENDED! Join us for the 4th Annual Living History Weekend at Wyckoff-Garretson House, Somerset (Franklin) on South Middlebush Road in Somerset Township

SUGGESTED TOUR ROUTES

These suggested tours include sites grouped logically by area and linked by beautiful, winding, scenic by-ways in hopes of making your journey more pleasurable!

Northern Tour, The Watchung Mountains

Central Tour, The Old York Road

Southern Tour, The Delaware/Raritan Canal