Tag: #SomersetCoNJ
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Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum Hosts Black History Month Events
By Tokz Gabriel, Jr. in Tap Into Hillsborough on January 20, 2025 SKILLMAN, NJ – The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, central New Jersey’s first dedicated Black history museum, will host a series of special events in honor of Black History Month in February. Programs will include live theatrical performances, a birthday celebration for Frederick Douglass, and a…
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Somerset County Presents 2024 Historic Preservation And History Awards
By Alexis Tarrazi on Patch on June 13, 2024 SOMERVILLE, NJ — Somerset County honored the winners of the Somerset County Historic Preservation and History Awards for their excellence in preserving local history. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that support the preservation of Somerset County’s history and historic resources through preservation or restoration projects, publications, leadership efforts, or…
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Somerville, South Bound Brook Projects Recognized with Somerset County History Awards
By Ethan Mannello in MyCentralJersey.com on June 13, 2024 The Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the county commissioners announced the winners of the Historic Preservation and History Awards. Davie-Lyn Jones-Evans, a fifth grade teacher at Somerville’s Van Derveer Elementary School and a local historian, won the history publication award. The award is given to…
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Fifth-Grade Teacher at Somerville’s Van Derveer School Recognized for Project on Local Black History
By Rod Hirsch in Tap Into Somerset on June 12, 2024 SOMERVILLE, NJ – Somerset County has announced the winners of the Somerset County Historic Preservation and History Awards for their excellence in preserving local history, including Davie-Lyn Jones-Evans, a fifth-grade teacher at the Van Derveer School in Somerville. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that support the preservation…
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Witness Stones Project Receives Historic Preservation Award
The Somerset County (NJ) Cultural & Heritage Commission recognized the Witness Stones Project alongside the Friends of the Abraham Staats House, the South Bound Brook School District, and the Robert Morris School for We Were Here ~ The Enslaved People of Colonial America: An Inclusive History Partnership Project. Through this project, eighth-grade students brought local history…
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Henry Staats Installation Ceremony
Somerset County provided support for the Witness Stones research and memorialization of Henry Staats. We invite you to visit their website to see more photos from the installation ceremony.
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Witness Stone Ceremony for Henry Staats
We invite you to watch these highlights of the Witness Stones Project at Robert Morris School in South Bound Brook and the Abraham Staats House on February 29th, 2024, including the laying of the Witness Stone for Henry “Harry” Staats.
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Partnership
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with South Bound Brook, New Jersey, Public Schools and the Abraham Staats House. The school and museum will be using the Project’s curriculum…
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New Jersey Witness Stone Affiliate Set to Expand
By Michael Mancuso in NJ.com on September, 22, 2022 If it takes a village to raise a child, sometimes that’s also what it takes to bring hidden history to light. That is certainly the case for the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM), founded in 2014 with a mission “to tell the story of the unique culture, experiences, and…
