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Sussex County Historical Society - NJ
Sussex County County Historical Society, Hill Museum
82 Main Street
Newton, NJ 07860
973-383-6010
http://www.sussexhistory.org/
Memorial program # 2 is coming up on Saturday, May 16th at 12 noon, at the Old Newton Burial Ground, Main St., Newton. (rain date on May 17th)![]()
We will be honoring the following Revolutionary War Veterans and Patriots: Letitia Thornton Anderson, Thomas Anderson, John Couse, Matthew Davis, John Drake, Benjamin Halsey, Samuel Harden, Jacob Hendershot, John Holmes, Henry Johnson, Richard Lloyd, George Onsted, Charles Pemberton, Theodorus Polhemus, and John Stoll. Please join us in honoring our local heroes.Looking ahead.....please mark your calendars and join us to honor Sussex County Revolutionary War Veterans and Patriots.
John O'Brien has been busy in the Old Newton Burial Ground working on repairing the gravestone of George Onsted. The base was found 12 inches in the ground and a large piece missing...but it is going together. George Onsted served as a Private from New Jersey during the Revolutionary War and a pension application was filed on his behalf. George carried on his father's farm in Germany Flats and helped to build the original Court House in Newton. George was born in 1748 in Philadelphia and died in Newton in 1842. He is one of 15 Veterans and Patriots that will be honored on May 16th (rain date of 17th) at 12 noon in the ONBG...hope you can join us!
A big shoutout goes to our friends at the Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative for their $250.00 donation to help us celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. See you at the parade on July 18.
Still more pictures from America 250 memorial program at Sparta Cemetery on April 18th...enjoy!