Sunday, April 7 – Somerset County
On Sunday, April 7, at 1:00 p.m. at the Jacobus Vanderveer House and Museum, 3055 River Road Park, Bedminster N.J., Robert Mayers, historian, and author will present The Middlebrook and Pluckemin Encampments-Hub of the American Revolution. Admission $20 per person, Members $10, children 12 and under free.
The Middlebrook and Pluckemin encampments were of critical importance to the American military during the swirling campaigns of 1777 and 1779. Yet, these iconic places, like many other historic sites in the Raritan Valley and Somerset County area have been virtually ignored in history. Most now are buried, obliterated, built over by suburban creep, rarely marked and shrouded in mystery and mythology. In his new book Revolutionary New Jersey-Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution, author and historian Bob Mayers rediscover these sacred local places with new information found in original military documents, British and Hessian accounts and by on foot exploration.
Bob’s other books include “Searching for Private Yankee Doodle, Washington’s Soldiers, in the American Revolution (which describes the men of the Continental Army by revealing who were they and what inspired them to endure appalling hardships); The Forgotten Revolution (Revolutionary sites in the northeast that have been lost in history); and The War Man (a true account of a soldier in the Continental Army who served for the entire eight years of the war). The books are selling successfully worldwide.
Bob is an active member of several historical societies and a frequent speaker and contributor to publications. He has spoken at West Point and the Pentagon and has recently featured on Comcast TV programs and published in the History Channel Magazine and Garden State Legacy. He served as a combat officer in the Navy and Marine Corps. His military experiences provide him with a deeper perspective of the battles depicted in his works. Visit him on his Web site www.revolutionarydetective.com 
