East Brunswick Historical Society Lecture Sunday

East Brunswick, NJ - The East Brunswick Historical Society will present Richard Garlipp, Author of “New Jersey’s Covered Bridges”, as a guest speaker on Sunday, May 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Historical Society House, 78 Milltown Road, East Brunswick.

In 1970, while taking a road trip to Vermont, Garlipp recalls seeing “what looked like a barn built over the water.” From that point on, he had a fascination with covered bridges.

At one time, New Jersey had as many as 45 covered bridges. Today, unfortunately, just one survives – the Green Sergeant, built in 1872 over the Wickecheoke Creek in Hunterdon County.

Garlipp will delight with his knowledge of covered bridges and provide lots of images of the now gone bridges. There will also be an exhibit of covered bridges on display. Copies of his book will be available.

For more information, please call 732-249-3522.