The Long Branch Historic Association and the Long Branch Free Public Library are sponsoring a lecture by author and historian Richard Geffken at 7 p.m March 30 at the library’s Community Room at 328 Broadway.
Geffken will discuss his book, co-written with Don Burden, “The Story of Shrewsbury Revisited, 1665-2015.” He will discuss Shrewsbury’s Colonial past and the compelling role of the Shrewsbury Quakers in the abolition of American slavery. Geffken will include new research about the impact of the first European contacts with the Native American Lenape and talk about Shrewsbury’s historic Four Corners, often called the most historic acre in Monmouth County.
Shrewsbury, the second oldest town in Monmouth County, originally comprised a vast area from the Navesink River to Little Egg Harbor. Learn about Long Branch’s early Quaker settlers and tracing a historical connection to Shrewsbury.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Light refreshments will also be offered. For more information, call the library at 732-222-3900 or visit www.longbranchlib.org.
