HISTORIAN - Sal DeSapio

• HISTORIC MENU, TAVERN TOUR AND LECTURE AT THE FRENCHTOWN INN
  Enjoy a historic meal in one of Hunterdon's finest historic inns while Kingwood Historian Sal DeSapio provides a talk on "The Early History of Kingwood, Frenchtown and Alexandria"
  Limited seating (44 people max)
  January 25, 2014
• HUNTERDON'S HOMETOWN HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  Enjoy this lecture with Kingwood Township Historian Sal DeSapio about our Hometown Heros of the Hunterdon Militia.
  Refreshments follow.
  Main Branch County Library, 314 State Route 12, Flemington.
  March 4, 2014
• KINGWOOD'S HIDDEN PAST: THE LENNI-LENAPE INDIANS
  Listen to Kingwood Township Historian Sal DeSapio as he talks of the Hidden Past of Kingwood Township and the Lenni-Lenape Indians
  Refreshments Follow
  North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton
  August 27, 2014
• GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN
  Listen to Kingwood Township Historian Sal DeSapio as he talks of General Daniel Morgan
  North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton
  October 21, 2014
• WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE
  Lecture lead by Kingwood Township Historian and Revolutionary War Expert Sal DeSapio as he details the crossing
  Refreshments follow.
  Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington.
  December 13, 2014

Sal DeSapio was born and raised in Kingwood Township.  He attended Belmont Abbey College in Belmont North Carolina where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science.

He served as a Kingwood Township committeeman from 1999 through 2004 serving two terms as mayor. He also served as Hunterdon County treasurer and Deputy Comptroller.

He has been a revolutionary war re-enactor since the 1980s. He is a member of the Daniel Morgan's Rifle Company, lamb’s Artillery, The Brigade of the American Revolution, Bray’s Company – 2nd  Hunterdon County Militia, and participates in the annual reenactment of Washington's Crossing. He is a member of the Washington Crossing Re-enactors operations committee. He is also a Revolutionary War workshop leader for school tours at the Red Mill Museum in Clinton New Jersey.

He has served as Kingwood Township historian since the 1990s.