Weekend Journey Through the Past: The Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Bound Brook

The Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Bound Brook
(East Street & East High Street, adjacent to Bound Brook Library)
Saturday, October 12 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 13 - Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Bound Brook Library
402 E. High St.
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
(732) 356-0043
Directions: http://www.somerset.lib.nj.us/boundbrook.htm

The Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Bound Brook is the final resting place of Bound Brook’s earliest citizens, as well as many Revolutionary War soldiers. Veterans of the Mexican War and the Civil War are also buried here.

Come and learn about this hallowed ground. See the impressive artwork on memorial stones. Learn the meaning behind the inscriptions and epitaphs. Glimpse into the hearts and minds of Bound Brook’s earliest citizens.

Bound Brook Memorial Library Reference Librarian Mary Nelson will provide guided tours of the graveyard. The tours will feature the intact gravestones of fifteen Revolutionary War soldiers and the gravesite of Dr. William McKissack, a captain in the Revolutionary War and a founder of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for the State of New Jersey.

Somerset County resident Natalie Zaman will demonstrate how to make grave rubbings.

This event is part of Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission’s Weekend Journey Through the Past - http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/schistoryweekend/. It is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

Patrons with further questions can call the Bound Brook Library at (732) 356-0043 or enter the website at http://www.sclsnj.org. The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung.