OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Join the Long Branch Historical Association 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 for the first meeting of the fall.
The meeting will be held at the Eden Woolley House, 703 Deal Road, Oakhurst., located in front of the Township. of Ocean Library.
The group will tour the Eden Woolley House Museum and view the current exhibit on Takanassee .
The exhibit tells the tale of the treacherous nature of early sea travel and the many shipwrecks along the Jersey Shore, New Jersey’s role in our nation’s response to shipwrecks and the heroism of the Green Family and the men of U.S. Lifesaving Station No. 5.
Visitors to the exhibit will also be able to rediscover fond memories of the 75 years the site served as the home of the Peters family and Takanassee Beach Club
Attendees will learn about the three distinctive buildings that still stand at Takanassee the site of the U.S. Lifesaving Service / U.S. Coast Guard .
On display are relics retrieved from legendary local wrecks, the New Era (1854), the Adonis (1859), the Rusland (1877) and the Pliny (1882).
Local historians Dr. Richard Fernicola, James Foley, Arthur Green and Beth Woolley will be on hand to answer questions about the artifacts that they have on loan for this exhibit.
As always the meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information on the Eden Woolley House, visit http://www.oceanmuseum.org/OURNEWHOME.html.