The William Trent House Museum will launch their Fall 2016 Lecture Series with a celebration of the National Park Service’s 100-year anniversary and the 50-year anniversary of the Historic Preservation Act.
“Find Your Park: The National Park Service Centennial and the 50th Anniversary of the Historic Preservation Act” will be presented by Bonnie Halda on Saturday, August 20 at 1 p.m. The illustrated lecture costs $8 for Trent House members and $10 for non-members.
Complimentary light refreshments will be served and free tours of the house and garden are available.
This August, the National Park Service is celebrating its 100-year anniversary and the 5o-year anniversary of the Historic Preservation Act. Through the National Park Service and the Historic Preservation Act, historic sites all across the country—like the William Trent House—are preserved.
The illustrated lecture will discuss these significant milestones, as well as the connection between the Trent House and National Park Service programs.
The Trent House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated National Historic Landmark, both programs of which are managed by the National Park Service. The NHL designation is of special note, due to the limited number of historic sites approved for inclusion. Built in 1719, the William Trent House is the oldest National Historic Landmark in New Jersey.
Presenter Bonnie Halda is the program manager for Preservation Assistance in the Northeast Regional Office of the National Park Service. The programs she manages provide a wide range of services, educational guidance and technical information to help our nation’s citizens and communities identify, evaluate, protect and preserve historic properties.
Halda is a licensed architect and has worked in the field of historic preservation and cultural resources at the state and federal level for over 35 years.
For more information about the William Trent House and Museum visit their website.
