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LAVALLETTE – See the Garden State as the “Father of Our Country” saw it. Historical interpreter and storyteller David Emerson will portray our nation’s first leader in “George Washington Remembers New Jersey,” 7 PM Wednesday, May 4, at the Ocean County Library Upper Shores Branch.

From Trenton to Princeton, Morristown to Monmouth, Middlebrook and more, General Washington spent more time in New Jersey than in any other state during the American Revolution.

As Washington, Emerson will describe New Jersey’s role in the War for Independence, and spin reminiscences about his brightest, and darkest, moments during battles and encampments throughout the conflict.

Emerson has dispensed history lessons as people from the past at Morristown National Historical Park, Colonial Williamsburg, Old Barracks Museum, and Plimouth Plantation, and also for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Horizons Speakers Bureau.

Emerson has also performed for Revolutionary War commemorative events, museums, schools, community organizations, and historical societies. He took part in documentaries for The History Channel, PBS, BBC-Granada, and New Jersey Network.

Registration at www.theoceancountylibrary.org/events is required for this free program, sponsored by Friends of the Upper Shores Library. To learn more, visit the Branch, 112 Jersey City Avenue, Lavallette, or call (732) 793-3996.

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