tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817098213663785356.comments2009-12-05T18:42:36.236-05:00The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage AssociationThe Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446656352649319083noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817098213663785356.post-14977054024395516812009-12-05T18:42:36.236-05:002009-12-05T18:42:36.236-05:00Minutes from the 2009 Annual Meeting will be poste...Minutes from the 2009 Annual Meeting will be posted to our membership for review. Minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting were approved and copies are available upon request by our membership and interested members of the public.The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Associationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446656352649319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817098213663785356.post-90627494052407490532008-04-13T16:45:00.000-04:002008-04-13T16:45:00.000-04:00The priority of the Friends right now is to see th...The priority of the Friends right now is to see that the sites are saved from permanent closure and inappropriate treatment of the structures themselves and their contents. The future can be discussed only when we've established that there will be one.<BR/><BR/>The state accepted an obligation to preserve these sites when they were deeded to the state for preservation more than half a century ago. We need to convince them to take that obligation serviously. It is not yet clear that there are no other choices.The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Associationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446656352649319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817098213663785356.post-40165253375958574662008-04-13T09:07:00.000-04:002008-04-13T09:07:00.000-04:00Crossroads of American Revolution website (see lin...Crossroads of American Revolution website (see link on this blog) has a link to Star Legder's Dec. 2007 feature article on the Wallace House, discussing its key role as a Rev. War site.The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Associationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446656352649319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817098213663785356.post-41231829842362817532008-04-13T09:01:00.000-04:002008-04-13T09:01:00.000-04:00quote from April 08 newsletter of Somerset County ...quote from April 08 newsletter of Somerset County Historical Society:<BR/><BR/>..sadest news of all comes in the news release that the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage are scheduled to be closed as part of the austerity program...Both houses...over the years have served well to illustrate to the present state and local residents and many tourists from all over the country, the story and visible artifacts of the lifestyle of the colonial personages who inhabited the site(s) in times past. The wide variety of interesting and educational programs presented year after years were always most enjoyalbe and appropriate. Surely, there must be some other site less popular and less appreicated that might be considered...The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Associationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446656352649319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817098213663785356.post-74427025911189976692008-04-12T10:12:00.000-04:002008-04-12T10:12:00.000-04:00Why not lobby the state to gift the houses to the ...Why not lobby the state to gift the houses to the Boro and/or the County? I don't know enough about the management of the facility to come up with ideas for it to be self sufficient - but with all of those positive, bright folks who care about the houses I bet we can.<BR/><BR/>Midge GuerreraReunion Committeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345515371289339836noreply@blogger.com