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Tewksbury Historical Society Annual meeting
March 15 @ 1:00 pm
Ann Rotunno to Speak at Tewksbury Historical Society Annual Meeting on March 15 at which outgoing President, Shaun Van Doren, will be honored.
Ann Rotunno will be the guest speaker at the Tewksbury Historical Society Annual Meeting on Sunday, March 15, at the Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, 18 Miller Avenue, Oldwick, 08858, at 1 PM. The 2025 Year End Financial Report will be presented.
A special segment of the meeting will include recognition of Shaun Van Doren’s many long-time contributions to THS as he retires from the Presidency and further executive duties. Originally scheduled for the January 18th meeting, which was cancelled due to inclement weather, the recognition has been rescheduled. Van Doren is a Charter Member of the Society and the current Tewksbury Historian. He regularly contributes his time and efforts to the Township, especially when a lecture on the history of the community is needed.
The meeting is open to the public. Refreshments will be served. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be cancelled. Visit www.tewksburyhistory.net for details.
Rotunno’s program, entitled “From Apple Orchard to Revolutionary War Patriot Cemetery”, will discuss the history of the D.A.R. Memorial Park Cemetery in Whitehouse Station. It is the final resting place of nine Revolutionary War patriots and 119 other early settlers of the Readington area. She will detail how the land went from an apple orchard owned by Abraham Van Horne, a patriot, to home of the first Rockaway Reformed Church and graveyard and now owned by the D.A.R. She will discuss how the cemetery has gone from periods of limited upkeep to an active restoration, preservation and public accessibility. A map of the cemetery and overview of those interred will be available at the meeting.
Ann Rotunno, raised in Iowa, has been a New Jersey resident for over thirty years. She is a fifteen-year resident of Tewksbury and Cemetery Committee Chair for the Old White House – Gen, Frelinghuysen – Col. Lowery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a member of the Mayflower Society, the Tewksbury Historical Society, a member and past board member of the Tewksbury Trail Association and a volunteer and trustee of the Hunterdon County Historical Society
The Tewksbury Historical Society is a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation, organized for the purpose of furthering research into, and the preservation and dissemination of, the history of the Township of Tewksbury.
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