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SHIPWRECK TALKS AT CONVENTION HALL
The Asbury Park Historical Society is hosting a fund-raiser to support the New Jersey Historical Divers Association, Inc. on September 8th, 2004 at Convention Hall on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
The speakers will be shipwreck researcher Dan Lieb of NJHDA and local historian Gary Crawford of the New Jersey Museum of Transportation. Admission is $5 per person, $4 per person for NJHDA Subscribing Members.
Mr. Lieb will give a talk on the tragic wreck of the NEW ERA which came ashore in 1854. Mr. Crawford will give a visual presentation on the MORRO CASTLE disaster of 1934. This fund-raiser coincides with the 70th anniversary of the MORROW CASTLE disaster. The Asbury Park Historical Society will also be hosting a display of MORRO CASTLE memorabilia and artifacts at the event. Both of these vessels wrecked within sight of Convention Hall.
No advanced payment is necessary and reservations are not required. For more information or directions, please contact NJHDA@aol.com or 732-776-6261.
The Asbury Park Historical Society is hosting a fund-raiser to support the New Jersey Historical Divers Association, Inc. on September 8th, 2004 at Convention Hall on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
The speakers will be shipwreck researcher Dan Lieb of NJHDA and local historian Gary Crawford of the New Jersey Museum of Transportation. Admission is $5 per person, $4 per person for NJHDA Subscribing Members.
Mr. Lieb will give a talk on the tragic wreck of the NEW ERA which came ashore in 1854. Mr. Crawford will give a visual presentation on the MORRO CASTLE disaster of 1934. This fund-raiser coincides with the 70th anniversary of the MORROW CASTLE disaster. The Asbury Park Historical Society will also be hosting a display of MORRO CASTLE memorabilia and artifacts at the event. Both of these vessels wrecked within sight of Convention Hall.
No advanced payment is necessary and reservations are not required. For more information or directions, please contact NJHDA@aol.com or 732-776-6261.
