Col. Somers' Video Log

This page serves as a reference to videos created at Chapter Events and Presentations.  In some cases the presenter has been kind enough to provide a transcript of the presentation which will be linked.  Please keep in mind that these videos where made over the course of several years and their quality reflects the technology available at the time of recording.

Dedication of the Killed/Wounded/Captured Monument
Chestnut Neck, NJ
May 31, 2014

Dedication of the Privateers Memorial
Chestnut Neck, NJ
Oct. 1, 1988

Militia Man Memorial 100th Anniversary
Lafayette Chapter, NJDAR
Chestnut Neck, NJ
Oct. 10, 2011

1st. Lt. Jeremiah Leeds
The Quintessential Piney
Rev. Norman Goos
Oct. 12, 2017
Handout

Somers’ 3rd Battalion Nov-Jan 1776-77
Rev. Norman Goos
Aug 8, 2011
Handout

Somers’ 3rd Battalion at Chestnut Neck
Rev. Norman Goos
Oct. 2011
Handout

Battle of Red Bank
Rev. Norman Goos
May 10, 2010
Handout

Major John Andre — British Spy
Robert Crey, PhD
Sept. 9, 2010
Handout

The Jersey Devil
The Real Story
Prof. Brian Regal, PhD
Kean University
June 12, 2014

Online Genealogical Research
Charles Morgan 
July 14, 2016
Handout

Religion and Revolution
Dr. John Fea
Professor of American History
Chair of the History Dept.
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
March 10, 2011
link

Brig. General Silas Newcomb & the South Jersey Militia
Douglas Yearsley
December 12, 2013

Revolutions in Trade
Dr. Michelle Craig McDonald
Associate Professor of History
Stockton University
April 14, 2011
handout

The War at the Shore
Presented by Tim Hart
Ocean County Cultural Heritage Commission
July 14, 2022

Baptists and Revolution
Dr. Janet Moore Lindman
Professor of History
Rowan University
May 12, 2011

Maps, History and the American Revolution
Adam E. Zielinski
October 13, 2022
bio

The Ordeal of George Washington
April 8, 2010
Professor Andrew Shankman, Professor of History, Rutgers University

Why Name It That?
Dr. Lee Ireland
Book

Changes in the Mullica Valley
Presented by Dr. Kenneth Abel
Rutgers University
8/10/2017

Beaches. Breaches Bays
Presentation by Rev. Norman Goos to the Atlantic County Historic Society
April 30, 2018

John Bacon
Revised Version
Presented May 9, 2024
Tori Robbins
Stockton University
Reward!

The Skirmish at Manahawkin
Presented May 20, 2023
Tim Hart
Ocean County Cultural Heritage Commission
handout

The Enemy Harassed
Washington’s New Jersey Campaign of 1777
Author: Jim Stemple
Presented May 20, 2024
book
Sandpaper Article

The Battle of Cedar Bridge
Presented June 6, 2017
Tim Hart
Ocean County Cultural Heritage Commission

Publications of the South Jersey Culture & History Center.
Presented May 5, 2022
Presenters Thomas Kinsella, PhD and Paul Schopp of Stockton University.
Link

Pomona to Grassy Bay Train Ride
Presented by. Rev. Norman Goos
December 9, 2021
handout

George Washington: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Leader
Presented June 9, 2011
Dr. Robert Jones – Professor of History Emeritus Fordham University

The Skull of Count Von Donop
Presented July 13, 2023
Dr. Richard Veit, Associate Dean of the School of the Humanities and Social Science at Monmouth University
handout

The English Creek Watershed,
The Early Mills and the Stream that Powered Them
Presented May 13, 2021
Rev. Norman Goos 
handout

Cape May Letters 1660 – 1960 

Presented September 14, 2023
Jamie Hand, author
Sample Letters

Somers 3rd Battalion at Trenton

Presented to the Absecon Historical Society
October 2, 2023
Rev. Norman Goos
Atlantic County Historian

Colonial and Revolutionary Dress

Presented October 12, 2023
Julia Rose Driscoll
Ocean County Cultural and Historical Commission

Fish Factories of Little Egg Harbor

Presented April 10, 2014
Presented by Peter Stemmer

Shipwrecks of the Mullica River
Presented Nov 14, 2023
Presented by Prof. Steve Nagiewics
Stockton University

Col. John Taylor
Scholar, Soldier and Washington’s Spy Master
Presented by Russ Dutcher
January 11, 2024

International Incident
The Hanging of Joshua Huddy
Presented by: Tim Hart
Ocean County Historian
February 8, 2024

Artifacts of John Hart
and
Major John Polhemous
Presented by: Steve McBreaty
March 14, 2024

The Colonial Era Mills, Dams and Ponds of Absecon Creek
Presented by: Rev. Norman Goos
Atlantic County Historian
May 6, 2024
handout

The Great LBI Whale Explosion of 1963
Presented by : Tim Hart
Ocean County Historian
April 11, 2024

Cranberrying at the Double Trouble
Presented June 13, 2024
Julia Rose Driscoll Violante
Ocean County Cultural and Historical Commission
handout

The Seldom Told Stories of the Camp Followers of the American Revolution
Presented July 11, 2024
Julia Rose Driscoll Violante
Ocean County Cultural and Historical Commission

How NJ Taxed and Supported the Revolution
Presented by: Russ Dutcher
Sept. 10,  2024

Veterans Oral History Project
Presented by: Michael O’Brien
Atlantic County Historical Society
Oct. 2,  2024

History of Chestnut Neck
Presented by: Norman Goos
Librarian Atlantic County Historical Society, Produced by: Stockton University