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From Apple Orchard to Rev War-Era Cemetery: The DAR Memorial Park Cemetery In-Person
ON THE THRESHOLD OF INDEPENDENCE: HUNTERDON COUNTY 1775-1776
From Apple Orchard to Rev War-Era Cemetery: The DAR Memorial Park Cemetery
With Ann Rotunno, Cemetery Committee Chair, for the Old White House ~ Gen. Frelinghuysen ~ Col. Lowrey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ann’s presentation will include old and current maps that detail how the cemetery came to be, how the DAR came to own it and future plans. There will be photos of past commemorations and the records of nearly all 138 early settlers buried there. Ann’s two-year assessment and status report has revealed more detailed gravestone inscriptions, as well as, headstones that have long been missing. You will also learn the exciting discovery of where the original Rockaway Dutch Reformed Church was located!
Free refreshments follow.
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