NJARRT Meeting

The next NJARRT meeting takes place at 7pm on October 9, 2025 with a talk by Char Weigel on “The Week that Won the War: The True Story of the Firing on The Vulture”.

The talk will be both in person at Morristown National Historical Park museum auditorium in Morristown, NJ and via zoom. To request the link, email arrt.nj@gmail.com no later than October 8.

This presentation will be based on new primary source research about the events leading up to the September 22, 1780 cannonade on the British ship The Vulture in Haverstraw Bay. This action stranded British Major John André, leading to his capture and thwarting Benedict Arnold’s plan to hand West Point over to the British.

Char Weigel is the VP of Special Projects for Revolutionary Westchester 250, Westchester County’s non-profit working to encourage and amplify commemoration of the upcoming Semiquincentennial. She presents regularly and is the author of numerous articles on Westchester County history, the most recent of which was published in the New York State Archives Magazine: “Boot Papers – Double betrayal in documents found in John André’s footwear.”