Politics at the Parsonage

Politics at the Parsonage

When

Sat, Oct 12, 2024-Sun, Oct 13, 2024    
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Free

Where

Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites
71 Somerset Street, Somerville, 08876

Event Type

Encounter “Politics at the Parsonage” from the American Revolution to World War I at this open house of Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Site.

Drop-in talks and exhibits will recur throughout the weekend:

  • “Asserting Their Just Rights” Old Dutch Parsonage’s Col Frederick Frelinghuysen & Rev. Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh at the Provincial Congress of New Jersey
  • “Washington, or Wilson?” Sen. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Sr. Ending & Remembering World War I in Somerset County from Raritan Historic and Cultural Committee
  • “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote” pop-up exhibit from U.S. National Archives

Volunteers of the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association support this program. Made possible by funds from the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey Historical Commission, as part of Somerset County’s Weekend Journey Through the Past.