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BERNARDS TWP
CHARTER DAY STREET FAIR & FESTIVAL

MAY 16, 2009

Bernards Twp 250th Anniversary Celebration

Thanks so much to the supporters, event coordinators, volunteers, and participants!

Plans are already underway for the 2010 Bernards Twp 250th Celebration including Charter Day.

Please help by offering your financial support to THSSH's efforts to support and promote the area's history including events like Charter Day - the birthday of Bernards Township.

Make a Donation Now to support History in the Somerset Hills

   

 


Click Here to get your own copy of the Bernards Charter from 1760Sir Francis Bernard, The Royal Governor of New Jersey

Above: Governor Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey sits below a replica of the official Charter of Bernardston. Click on each image to learn more.


Come Celebrate Bernards Twp's 249th Birthday
and
The Brick Academy's 200th Birthday
HISTORY, THE ARTS, MUSIC, & FUN
Rain or Shine

The Brick Academy in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp celebrates its bicentennial

Close down the streets - it's time for a festival!

Bernards Township's 15th Annual Charter Day Festival promises to be a fun and festive day with food, games, rides for the kids, local vendors, art displays, service groups and reminders of history all joined together at this annual street fair and festival right in the heart of the Bernards Twp section of downtown Basking Ridge.

The Brick Academy will be open from 11am-5pm. Stop by to see new exhibits, the new schoolhouse top floor. New gifts and keepsakes for the kids. Just off the Town Green.

Street Fair 11am-5pm
Entertainment – 11am-10pm

Local businesses, community groups, service organizations, food vendors and more!

Rides, games and attractions for children of all ages on the Oak Street Field.

Two stages: Battle of the Bands

Main Stage:Performances,demonstrations and live music all day and into the evening.

Concert at 7pm on the main stage

 

Charter Day Celebrating the 1760 Charter of Bernards Twp

Expect visitors to the downtown Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp celebration to reach over 10,000 as the festivities commence with the Town Crier conducting the opening ceremonies on the downtown green at 11am. Bernards Twp includes the areas including Basking Ridge, Lyons, Liberty Corner, and West Millington.

Charter Day commemorates the anniversary of the May 24, 1760 granting of a township Charter by King George II of England, establishing Bernardston Township. This act was as a courtesy and in appreciation for the services of Sir Francis Bernard, Royal Governor of New Jersey. From January 27, 1758 to July 4, 1760 Sir Francis Bernard, son of a British Reverend was appointed for two years as Royal Governor of New Jersey.

The Brick Academy, home to the Historical Society of the Somerset Hills will be open for the entire day celebrating its 200th bicentennial birthday in 2009. We hope you'll stop by for a visit. We are just off the town green.

Sand ArtCharter DayMusical entertainment will include musical groups performing on two stages and will include a local "Battle of the Bands" event at the Henry Street stage from 1-4pm.

The nearby Oak Street school field will be the place for kiddie rides, attractions, moon bounces, slides, and other various rides for kids young and old.

The day promises to be one filled with crafts, games, rides, music, art, food, vendors, historical displays, local school and organizations' participation.

What better way to celebrate the Township's history than by living it? Happy birthday, Bernards Township!

Start today and learn more about the wonderful history of Bernards Twp, and the entire Somerset Hills area. Visit http://www.historicalsocietyofsomersethills.org/history101.php and begin your journey!

The Downtown Area

For additional information regarding exhibits or to request booth space for the Bernards Twp Charter Day Festival, please contact:

Bernards Twp
Parks & Recreation Dept.
1 Collyer Ln, Bernards Twp 07920
recreation@bernards.org
Tel: 908-204-3003

Charter Day

 


Parking and shuttle bus available at the Municipal Complex on Collyer Lane and Ridge High School.

Here Yea...Here Yea

And in 2010
It's The 250th
Anniversary

Get Involved
NOW!

Click Here -
Volunteer Today

Stop by our Booth at the this years Charter Day for details.

Bernards Twp 250th Anniversary Celebration


 

 

 

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