Somerset County - South Bound Brook - "The Battle of Bound Brook - A Humiliating American Defeat or a Courageous Stand by Outnumbered Patriots"
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Somerset County - Bedminster - The Middlebrook and Pluckemin Encampments-Hub of the American Revolution
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 place...
Union County - Westfield - "The War in the Westfield Area - Retreating Redcoats Ravage the Countryside"
Saturday, March 30 - Westfield, Union County "The War in the Westfield Area - Retreating Redcoats Ravage the Countryside" At t he Westfield Public Library , on Saturday at 2:00 pm, Robert A. Mayers will present " The War in the Westfield Area - Retreating Redcoats Ravage the Countryside ” based on his new book, Revolutionary New Jersey: Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution . Mayers thrives on discovering facts about the American Revolution not found in works of earlier writers. The descendant of Patriot soldier, Corporal John Allison, the American Revolution is personal to him. Visits to Revolutionary War sites, combined with research into original documents and oral accounts, help Mayers bring history alive. His audiences comment that they regret having tuned out history when they were in school. Mayers' presentations are for everyone--not just hardcore history buffs. Mayers is an active member of ten historical societies and a frequent contr...
Union County - Union - Revolutionary New Jersey: Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution
Sunday, March 24 – Union County At Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, March 24, at 2 pm the Union Township Historical Society will host Robert A. Mayers (pictured). He will present "Revolutionary New Jersey: Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution,” based on his new book of the same name, customized for Union and Union County. Mayers thrives on discovering facts about the American Revolution not found in works of earlier writers. The descendant of Patriot soldier, Corporal John Allison, the American Revolution is personal to him. Visits to Rev War sites, combined with research into original documents and oral accounts, help Mayers bring history alive. His audiences comment that they regret having tuned out history when they were in school. Mayers' presentations are for everyone--not ju...
Somerset County - Hillsborough - Murder on the Millstone- Somerset County, the Raritan Valley and Manville-Crossroads of the Revolution-1777
Saturday, March 16 – Somerset County On Saturday, March 16 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hillsborough Reformed Church, One Amwell Rd., Hillsborough, the Raritan-Millstone Heritage Alliance will present “Murder on the Millstone- Somerset County, the Raritan Valley and Manville-Crossroads of the Revolution-1777.” Historian Robert Mayers, author of Revolutionary New Jersey-Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution , will relate the critical events in the Somerset County area during the Revolutionary War. The fierce battles of Millstone, Bound Brook and the Short Hills (Plainfield, Scotch Plains), the bloody forage wars in the Raritan Valley when ravenous Redcoats ravaged the countryside and created a reign of terror, the Middlebrook encampments that saved America (Bridgewater and Martinsville), and the entire Continental Army swept through central Jersey on the way to Yorktown. This action all swirled around what is now the Boro...
Warren County - Hackettstown - Searching for Yankee Doodle: Washington’s Soldiers in the American Revolution
Tuesday, March 5 – Warren County Hackettstown Historical Society Presentation at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion, 494 Willow Grove Searching for Yankee Doodle- Washington’s Soldiers in the American Revolution by author Robert Mayers The people most responsible for achieving America’s independence by winning the Revolutionary War were George Washington’s foot soldiers the men of the Continental Army. Free & open to the public. Refreshments following. Visit us online: http://www.hackettstownhistory.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HackettstownHistoricalsociety “March is Hacke...
Somerset County - Manville - Murder on the Millstone- Somerset County, the Raritan Valley and Manville-Crossroads of the Revoution-1777
Saturday, December 1 -- Somerset County Murder on the Millstone- Somerset County, the Raritan Valley and Manville-Crossroads of the Revoution-1777 1:00 PM Manville Library, 101 South 10 Ave, Manville, NJ Historian Robert Mayers, author of Revolutionary New Jersey-Forgotten Towns and Crossroads of the American Revolution, will relate the critical events in the Somerset County area during the Revolutionary War. The fierce battles of Millstone, Bound Brook and the Short Hills (Plainfield, Scotch Plains), the bloody forage wars in the Raritan Valley when ravenous Redcoats ravaged the countryside and created a reign of terror, the Middlebrook encampments that saved America (Bridgewater and Martinsville), and the entire Continental Army swept through central Jersey on the way to Yorktown. This action all swirled around what is now the Borough of Manville. Most of these places are ...