The Death of President Garfield in Elberon, NJ. Lecture
On Tuesday, September 6, 1881, a gravely wounded President Garfield who was shot the previous June in a Washington DC Train station, was moved by train from Washington to an Ocean front cottage in Elberon, NJ where it was hoped the sea air would miraculously speed his recovery. Richard Williams will recount the incredible story of that train journey, and how the citizens of Long Branch and Elberon bonded together to help lay, overnight, a 5 mile 8” train track to convey Garfield from the Elberon train station to the cottage.
Join us on Thursday August 15th 7:00pm for this fascinating exploration of this little known event of Monmouth County History.
On Tuesday, September 6, 1881, a gravely wounded President Garfield who was shot the previous June in a Washington DC Train station, was moved by train from Washington to an Ocean front cottage in Elberon, NJ where it was hoped the sea air would miraculously speed his recovery. Richard Williams will recount the incredible story of that train journey, and how the citizens of Long Branch and Elberon bonded together to help lay, overnight, a 5 mile 8” train track to convey Garfield from the Elberon train station to the cottage.
Join us on Thursday August 15th 7:00pm for this fascinating exploration of this little known event of Monmouth County History.
On Tuesday, September 6, 1881, a gravely wounded President Garfield who was shot the previous June in a Washington DC Train station, was moved by train from Washington to an Ocean front cottage in Elberon, NJ where it was hoped the sea air would miraculously speed his recovery. Richard Williams will recount the incredible story of that train journey, and how the citizens of Long Branch and Elberon bonded together to help lay, overnight, a 5 mile 8” train track to convey Garfield from the Elberon train station to the cottage.
Join us on Thursday August 15th 7:00pm for this fascinating exploration of this little known event of Monmouth County History.
