Nature Done Wright

Lots going on at the Fell House, the historic house just down Franklin Turnpike from the Celery Farm Parking Lot.

   This Saturday is the big barn sale, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lots of attic treasures donated from the community, plus baked goods. Stay tuned for parking advice.

   Sunday, June 27, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. is a free roundtable discussion of the Revolutionary War in Bergen County, featuring the authors and editor of the recent local best-seller "Revolutionary Bergen County": former Bergen County Executive William "Pat" Schuber, Firth Haring Fabend, Carol Karels, Donald Londahl-Smidt, Richard Burnon, some guy named Jim Wright, and Barbara Marchant.  

   Light refreshments will be served, and attendees will get a chance to see the first floor of this amazing house.

   Monday, June 28, is Fell House Night at the Allendale Bar and Grill in downtown Alendale — 10 percent of the proceeds go toward restoring the house.

   More on Sunday's free roundtable follows.

   
The roundtable authors will 
be available to inscribe copies of the book after the talk, with profits from
the book sales going toward the restoration of the Revolutionary War home of
Founding Father John Fell.
 
   The Fell House is located
at 475 Franklin Turnpike. 

    Among the speakers will be Allendale author Jim
Wright, who wrote about Fell’s harrowing time as a prisoner of war in Britain’s
Provost Jail in New York City – and the historic secret diary he kept during
his 10-month imprisonment.

   The 192-page book also features essays by  Schuber (on the leadership skills of
George Washington), and Palisades Interstate Park historian Eric Nelsen (on the
1779 Closter Landing raids).

    The book, edited by Barbara Z. Marchant, also
features a foreword by renowned historian Barnet Schecter, author of “The
Battle for New York.”

   As Schecter writes in the foreword, “These richly
detailed essays bring Revolutionary Bergen County to life, revealing the
upheaval and suffering endured by individuals caught between opposing armies
and torn by conflicting allegiances to family, church, community and country.”