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HUNTERDON COUNTY TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION


300 YEARS OF HISTORY

Hunterdon County Celebrates 300 Years in 2014
EVENTS FUNDRAISERS VOLUNTEER PRESS PHOTOS CONTACT US
ABOUT THE ARTISTS, LECTURERS AND FUNDRAISING PARTNERS AT OUR EVENTS

LECTURER - Charles Riddle, MA

  • POTTERSTOWN SKIRMISH
    Come to the Tewksbury Township Historical Society Headquarters to hear Chip Riddle tell us about the Potterstown Skirmish, a battle that took place right in our own back yard.
    60 Water Street, Lebanon
    March 16, 2014
  • HUNTERDON CONFLICTS - LOYALIST V. PATRIOTS
    If you think nothing ever happened in Hunterdon County come, listen and learn from Chip Riddle at the final Vought lecture about the midnight arrest at the Loyalist Vought House in Clinton Twp.; the raid on Thomas Jones Tavern in Annandale; the battle of Two Bridges and other activities in the area!
    North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton.
    February 15, 2014

Charles Riddle is a Hunterdon County native and graduate of North Hunterdon High School.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Saint Francis College, Loretto, Pa.; a Master of Arts in History from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trenton State College (now the College of NJ).   He spent his 38 year teaching career as a 7th and 8th grade Social Studies Teacher in the Bethlehem Township (NJ) School District.   In 1984, he was honored as the New Jersey Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year.  In 2004, he was named the Hoppock Middle School Teacher of the Year.  He’s written numerous articles including:  “COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP”; five articles which appeared in the Hunterdon County Democrat BICENTENNIAL BOOKLET  and two articles which were published in The Alamo Journal .  He has given a number of talks about the people and events in Colonial and Revolutionary Northern Hunterdon County.  In 2012, he was awarded a "Guardian of History" by the Red Mill Museum Village, Clinton, NJ.

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