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The
Crossroads of the American Revolution Association is
the governing component
of the proposed Crossroads of the American Revolution National
Heritage Area. The Association is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation,
with a diverse board of 20 New Jerseyans. This group will oversee
the production of a management plan for the Crossroads NHA
in consultation with residents and officials throughout the
14 counties
included in the NHA's
boundaries (initially determined by the
National Park Service, but subject to expansion through regional
initiatives). The Association board meets regularly, and quarters
and office facilities are provided in the historic Van Horne
House in Somerset County. At this stage, however, the board’s
major challenge is engaging the state in an educational campaign
on the potential of the Crossroads National Heritage Area.
What
We Do
March
4, 2004 -
Crossroads hosted an all-day Public Forum (funded by a grant
from the NJ Historical Commission) in Morristown to
initiate the first networking of NJ’s Revolutionary War
sites and various conservation and preservation groups
Oct.
21, 2004 -
Crossroads brought together 115 stakeholders from diverse backgrounds (education,
tourism, environment, preservation, history, business, recreation, and the
arts) in Princeton to
explore creating an annual Celebrate New
Jersey! festival. With
the resulting mandate, Celebrate
New Jersey! was launched with a coalition of 20 statewide
organizations. The purpose of Celebrate
New Jersey! is to unite, throughout June, 2005, in showcasing
New Jersey’s
contributions that have changed the nation and the world (from Colonial times
to the present). June,
2005 – Crossroads is coordinating a statewide, month-long,
cross-marketing opportunity for groups in every sector of
the state to showcase themselves and “be a NJ Booster”. Becoming
a Participating Group is FREE. For more information,
go to www.CelebrateNJ.org.
Board
of Directors
Marguerite
Chandler, President
Cape May Point, NJ
Candace Ashmun
Environmental consultant, Pinelands Commission
Ernest R. Bower
NJ military historian, reenactor, appraiser, curator
Dennis Davidson
Former Deputy Director, NJ DEP/Green Acres
Sally Dudley
Former Executive Director, ANJEC
Helen Fenske
Great Swamp Founder, Ford Foundation consultant
Dorothy Guzzo
State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
Jessie Havens
Journalist, historic writer
Sally Lane
Trenton Travel & Tourism, Trenton city historian
William Lawton
Executive Director,Alliance for Morris County Parks
Mark E. Lender, PhD
Historian, Kean University, editor, NJ Heritage
James A. Shissias
Former General Manager, Environmental Affairs, PSEG
Richard Simon
Former President, Washington Association of NJ
Edmund W. Stiles, PhD
Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Richard J. Sullivan
First Commissioner of NJ DEP
Kevin Tremble
Preservation NJ, NJ Historic Commission
John Watson, Jr.
Asst. Commissioner, DEP/Natural & Historic Resources
Staff
Cathleen
R. Litvack
Executive Director
CLitvack@RevolutionaryNJ.org
Joann
Singer
Project Coordinator
JSinger@RevolutionaryNJ.org
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