FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
County Clerk announces
Archives Day 2016 keynote speaker
Assistant Director of Culture & History Center
to give seminar about “The Blue Comet”
MANALAPAN, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon announced today that the keynote speaker at the Oct. 8 Archives and History Day will be Paul W. Schopp, Assistant Director of the South Jersey Culture & History Center at Stockton University.
“Archives and History Day provides the opportunity to learn about the history of Monmouth County and hear fascinating stories from people who have studied it,” said Hanlon. “This year’s theme is transportation in New Jersey and specifically, in Monmouth County. Historian Schopp will discuss the famous Blue Comet Train, which ran between Jersey City and Atlantic City, before changing routes to pass through a number of towns in Monmouth County.”
“The Blue Comet began service in 1929 and became a high-society train with its meteoric run between the Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean,” said Monmouth County Archivist Gary D. Saretzky. “The train survived two economic depressions before taking its final passage on the eve of the nation’s entry into the Second World War - Sept. 28, 1941.”
Archives and History Day will take place on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan.
More than 60 local and state history organizations will set-up displays about topics related to New Jersey history and their organizations. The event will also include a history forum, awards presentations, and a tour of the Monmouth County Archives, for which a reservation is required.
Archives and History Day, an annual event since 1996, is organized by the Monmouth County Archives under the direction of County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon.
For more information on Archives and History Day, visit the Monmouth County website at www.VisitMonmouth.com/CountyClerk
A preliminary program for the Oct. 8 free event can be found by clicking here or visiting the Monmouth County website.
For additional information, contact the Monmouth County Archives at 732-308-3771 or email Gary.Saretzky@co.monmouth.nj.us.
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