BLOCK HOUSE ATTACK -- Members of the Toms River Block House Attack
Reenactment committee are pictured with a poster promoting the June event
which provoked an international incident during the Revolutionary War.
They are from left, kneeling, Peter Ferwerda, Barnegat, Tim Hart,
Manahawkin and Mark Mutter, Toms River; standing, Manual Hirshblond,
Barbara Morgan, Cynthia Smith, Valerie Haeder, all of Toms River and Dana
A. Cohoon, Neptune. Other events around the county commemorating the era
are May 11 to Dec. 16, the "Patriot Pirates: Tales of Plunder & Privateers
of Coastal NJ" display at the Tuckerton Seaport; Aug. 14-26, "1776," the
Tony award winning musical at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven; Sept.
21-23, "Heritage Weekend" in Stafford Township; Oct. 14, a wreath laying
ceremony honoring the 229th anniversary of the Affairs at Little Egg Harbor
at the Pulaski monument; Oct. 21, Observance of the Massacre at Long Beach
Island at the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and Dec. 27, the Re-enactment
of the Affair at Cedar Bridge. For more details, visit
www.oceancountytourism.com
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