HVHS Annual Meeting plus Dr. Maxine N. Lurie presenting: "Taking Sides in Revolutionary NJ"
Sun, Sep 28
|Hopewell Township
HVHS will kick off its 50th year September 28th with our annual meeting, featuring guest speaker Maxine Lurie
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Hopewell Township, 218 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ 08560, USA
About the event
The Hopewell Valley Historical Society's 50th year will kick off September 28th with our annual meeting at the Burrowes/Oldis house. The house has been dated in part to 1715, in part to 1800, and in part to the early 20th century. The New Jersey State Historic Preservation Commission has determined it to be eligible for the National Historic Register. We are grateful to Hopewell Township and the Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission for allowing us to use it.
Our Membership meeting will begin at 2, followed by refreshments and Dr. Lurie's talk, focused on her latest book "Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey," at 3.
You can attend in person or by zoom, but registration is REQUIRED for both.
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The capacity is limited at the Burrowes/Oldis house so registering is very important. Thanks.
About the speaker.
Dr. Maxine N. Lurie is a retired Seton Hall University professor of history. An early American historian, with an interest in both the seventeenth and the eighteen centuries, she has concentrated on New Jersey history for more than thirty-five years. She compiled two editions of A New Jersey Anthology and worked for years with Marc Mappen on the Encyclopedia of New Jersey then with Peter O. Wacker and Michael Siegel on Mapping New Jersey: An Evolving Landscape, and with Richard Veit on both New Jersey: A History of the Garden State as well as Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State. She also is the author of scholarly articles that have appeared in a variety of journals, as well as chapters in several books. In addition, she has enjoyed teaching college students, participating in workshops for K-12 teachers, and judging History Day competitions.
About the book.
The American Revolution in New Jersey lasted eight long years, during which many were caught in the middle of a vicious civi war. Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey uses numerous brief biographies to illustrate the American Revolution's complexity; it quotes from documents, pamphlets, diaries, letters, and poetry, a variety of sources to provide insight into the thoughts and reactions of those living through it all.