A small dig at the Whitall House uncovers several artifacts—some even prehistoric—at a battlefield mostly known for the Revolutionary War.
One by one, the objects materialized from the ground: ancient pottery, porcelain, a Colonial candlestick, even a 19th-century presidential button. A small archaeological dig unearthed big artifacts at the Whitall House Friday morning. The dig shed some light on these items, but helped make the house a little more convenient to tourists with the installation of a wheelchair accessible ramp. Within an hour, Pete Matranga and his crew from the URS firm had already dug to soil dating back 10,000 years. Digging a square hole, the crew carefully recorded the layers of soil and screened for artifacts. Matranga said the hole and several other pits dug previously yielded artifacts from the Colonial period and items predating settlers. “We have …
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Jennifer Janofsky will take on a fellowship with the aim of maintaining and promoting the Whitall House.
From the stone-walled kitchen to storerooms on the upper floors to the parlor that served as a makeshift battle hospital, the Whitall House at Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park radiates Revolutionary history. Now, it’ll have someone dedicated to bringing that story alive, as Jennifer Lawrence Janofsky was installed Monday as the first Megan Giordano Fellow as part of a partnership between Gloucester County and Rowan University. For the next 14 months, she will run a program that aims to bring interns from Rowan University to the Whitall House to help with marketing, event and programs coordination and other tasks. “A short-term goal would be, I think, to increase visibility,” said Janofsky. Some of her other goals are to …
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Jeanne Palumbo
8:04 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
OMG I am a resident of West Deptford for 25 years...love going to the battlefield...went to the Whittal house at Christmas. feel like I was there at some point. So excited that there is still work and digs being done there. so much history more ›