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New Exhibit at the Cranbury Museum
Just in time for July 4th, the new exhibit, Presidential Connections, will open at the Cranbury Museum on June 29.  Get into the patriotic spirit as you view this delightful exhibit that features campaign buttons and posters, postcards, newspapers, magazines, lithographs, books, letters, pictures and other items linked to the presidency.  Learn about the correspondence sent from Cranbury by George Washington in June, 1778.  View letters written by Adlai Stevenson, notes from Bess Truman and Jackie Kennedy, and original campaign posters for Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover.  A few pieces signed by presidents may also be featured.
Everyone is invited to visit this new exhibit beginning Sunday, June 29 from 1-4 p.m. at the Cranbury Museum, 4 Park Place East, Cranbury, (609)409-1289.  Admission is free.  Presidential Connections remains on display every Sunday from 1-4 p.m. until November, 2008.



Picnic In The Park with Music and Fireworks
The Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society together with the Cranbury Township Cultural & Heritage Commitee presents a Summer Concert and Fireworks display featuring the Mercer County Symphonic Band in Village Park on Saturday, July 5th. Please plan to join us along with your family and friends to celebrate our great country's independence in patriotic style. So bring along a picnic dinner, blankets, lawn chairs and bug spray to enjoy an evening of summer fun beginning at 7:00 P.M. followed by fireworks at dusk. In the event of rain, festivities will be held Sunday, July 6th.  Huzzah!!  



Request for Photos
Roi Taylor has the following request:


I would like to post a request from the people out there for any copies of photos of Cranbury's Second Presbyterian Church, Parsonage and the first Session House. Early photos of the church before the steeple was added, interiors and of ministers if photos exist. The 2nd Presbyterian Church was demolished about 1935. The Session House was removed in 1869 and replaced with a chapel known as Westminster House. 

Please contact Roi at the History Center if you can help.



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