Tuesday, March 20, 2012

NJCAR State Project 2012-2013

N.J.C.A.R. President SARAH NOVALSKY

N.J.C.A.R. Senior President MS. HEATHER SMITH

 
N.J.C.A.R. State President's Project  
 "Restoring the Past, to Write the Future"
Ann Cooper Whitall       (1716-1797)
Ann's diary
 











Sarah Novalsky will be raising funds to restore Ann Whitall's desk which was where Ann  wrote in her diary during 1760-1762. The desk is on display at the Whitall house located in the Red Bank Battlefield in Red Bank, NJ and will be restored to its original state by a restoration craftsman whose restores and preserves antique furniture. 

N,J.C.A.R. President, Sarah Novalsky, will be selling voices to raise funds for this restoration. You can by voices to win Longberger patriotic baskets. The voices will be sold at CAR functions, DAR functions, SAR functions and you can purchase them off the N.J.C.A.R. website.

To learn more about Ann Whitall check out the links below to find out about this amazing Quaker woman:


 http://www.nj.searchroots.com/Gloucesterco/awhitall-diary.html


http://www.womenofgloucestercounty.com/Press-Releases/Archive/Ann-Cooper-Whitall_305.asp

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2374371&GRid=60284740&