September 26 NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY AND PHOTO CONTEST IN KINGSTON!!!

Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands, Kingston Greenways Association, and the D&R Canal State Park invite you to celebrate National Public Lands Day with a lovely afternoon of fresh air, exercise, and treating the beautiful Mapleton Preserve to a well-deserved Day o' Beauty!

DATE: Saturday, September 26, 2009
TIME: 1:00PM to 4:00PM
MEET: 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston
BRING: Work gloves, long pants, long-sleeved shirt, & hats advised!
Some tools available, but please bring your favorites if you have them!
CONTACT: Tari, tari@kingstongreenways.org
or the D&R Canal State Park, (609) 924-5705

There's a task for every activity level and mood!

• Litter Removal!
• Vine Clearing!
• Whack Back Bamboo & Brush!
• Tree Planting!
• Photo & Video Documentation (Contest Info)!

[from the Kingston Greenways Association website]
National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. In 2008, 120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants and planted over 1.6 million trees.

It keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the "tree army" that worked from 1933 to 1942 to preserve and protect America's natural heritage.

This annual event:

• Educates Americans about critical environmental and natural resources issues and the need for shared stewardship of these irreplaceable lands;
• Builds partnerships between the public sector and the local community based upon mutual interests in the enhancement and restoration of America's public lands;
• Improves public lands for outdoor recreation, with volunteers assisting land managers in hands-on work.

PHOTOS! "The Marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln" Lecture, 11/15

Evelyn Maron with the winner of the Meadows' drawing for 2 free admissions to this event!

Featured speaker, notable historian and Lincoln expert, Glenn W. LeBoeuf.

Historian Glenn W. LeBoeuf

Post-lecture refreshments offered on period furnishings at the Hageman House.



Thank you, Steve Russel (Meadows Foundation Board of Directors) for sharing these beautiful photos!

And thank you, Meadows Foundation, for sponsoring this exciting lecture, "A House Divided: The Marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln" at the Hageman House and Farm!

RMVE Blog readers are encouraged to identify anyone appearing in these beautiful photos in the comments section below this entry or by emailing the RMVE's main blogger, Jan ten Broeke, tensart@gmail.com.

PHOTOS! "Cool Women Poets of NJ" Reading at Tulipwood, 11/8

Thank you, Steve Russel (Meadows Foundation Board of Directors) for sharing these beautiful photos!

And thank you, Meadows Foundation, for sponsoring this wonderful and inspiring event, "Over The River And Through The Woods" as part of their Cool Women Poets of New Jersey reading series at the Tulipwood House!

RMVE blog readers are encouraged to identify anyone appearing in these beautiful photos in the comments section or by emailing the RMVE's main blogger, Jan ten Broeke, tensart@gmail.com.

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!