Randi Emmer of Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge will discuss the people who called the area home, including the Lenape and the Bockoven family. The program will explore the Bockovens’ experience as German immigrants who fought on the American side during the Revolutionary War.
The program is part of America 250 and is co-hosted by the Elizabeth Snyder-Continental Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Warren branch of the Somerset County Library System. It is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required at sclsnj.org/programs-and-events/.
The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 7,853 acres along the Morris and Somerset county border. Its Helen C. Fenske Visitor Center occupies a historic house once owned by the Bockoven family.
