Warren250 Photo Contest (grades 9-12) Announcement
Greetings!
Are you a high school student in Warren County who will be in 9th through 12th grades during the 2026-2027 school year? Do you attend public or private school in the County or participate in a homeschool cohort and have a primary residence in Warren County?
For more information about the contest, please visit our website: www.warrencountynjheritage.com/about/warren250-photography-contest
The contest opens on Friday, September 4, 2026 and closes at 11pm on Friday, February 26, 2027.
There will be awards for each grade and one overall "best in show" selected.
The photographs will be displayed virtually on our website in April 2027 after awards are announced.
There is no fee to enter.
Please share this information to help us get the word out!
Thank you in advance.
#Warren250 #NJ250 #NJCrossroads #REV250 #WarrenCountyNJ #ShippenManor #RevolutionNJ
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Sun., June 7.
Shippen Manor kicks off its Rev250 programming this Sun., June 7th.
Museum tours and Rev250 displays (1-4pm with last tours beginning at 3:30pm).
Shippen Talks speakers' series begins at 2pm (lower porch door opens at 1:50pm).
Limited seating.
Visit Warren200.com for more information regarding programming, parking, accessibility and more.
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#ShippenManor's Rev250 programming and our Shippen Talks' Speakers' Series kick off this Sunday, June 7th.
The museum will be open for tours from 1-4pm (last tours at 3:30pm).
The speakers' room (entrance on museum porch along the lower driveway) opens its door at 1:50pm. Our speaker, Dr. Raymond Frey, Professor Emeritus, Centenary University, will be speaking about Loyalists & Spies during the Revolution.
If you haven't heard Dr. Frey speak, you are in for a great treat!
Seating is limited, first come/first served.
Shippen Manor has limited on-site parking. If all spaces are filled, please park on Washington Ave. past the stone church (which is across the street from the museum) and walk over.
Please visit Warren200.com for information pertaining to our programming, parking, accessibility and more.
#ShippenManor #Rev250 #Warren250 #NJ250 #Loyalists #Spies #CentenaryUniversity
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#rev250photocontest
Tomorrow, Fri., June 5, 2026, our Rev250 Photocontest applications will be made available. The contest opens Fri., September 4, 2026 and closes 11pm (EST) on Fri., February 26, 2027.
This is strictly for high school-age young people-- grades 9 through 12 in our County public and private schools and qualifying homeschool cohorts.
www.warrencountynjheritage.com/about/warren250-photography-contest
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#Loyalists
Lt. Christopher Insley, Warren Co. Loyalist
“Christoph” or “Christophel” Insley was born in 1739 in Northampton Co, PA to Nicolaus and Anna Ensli (Insley).
After he married Catharine Klein (Kline) in 1762, he became a landowner in what is now Warren County, NJ. He served in the 5th Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalists) from 14 December 1776 to 1778. He was a member of the King’s Rangers (Loyalists) in June 1779 and possibly was a part of the detachment that raided and scouted in NJ between 1779 and 1781.
• 5th Battallion under Brig. Gen. Cortlandt
Insley participated in raids in Toms River, Monmouth County where he was killed by a Patriot fusillade (24 March 1782). He is buried in the St. James Lutheran Cemetery ("Straw Church") in Greenwich Twp, Warren Co.
Following his death, his wife and children remained in Greenwich where they attended the St. James Lutheran Church where he had been a member from 1770 until his death.
Before 1 May 1787, Insley’s Warren Co. estate was confiscated by the state of NJ (by law) as a penalty for being a Loyalist.
Christopher Insley was the maternal grandfather of John Insley Blair (1802-1899), the philanthropist that the town of Blairstown is named after.
On Sun., June 7th (2pm), Dr. Raymond Frey, professor emeritus from Centenary University will be discussing "Loyalists & Spies."
Dr. Frey is an engaging and knowledgable historian and we are so happy to have him here to kick off our Rev250 programming!
For more information, visit Warren200.com for information regarding our programming, parking, accessibility and more.
RESOURCES:
Toms River Blockhouse Fight: www.californiasar.org/2024/03/the-toms-river-blockhouse-fight-2/.
"Loyalists, Morris County, New Jersey." USGenWebsites. www.usgenwebsites.org/NJMorris/military/loyalists.htm.
Loyalist Studies: www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/njv/5njvhist.htm.
Stryker, William S., The New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalists) in the Revolutionary War. Trenton, NJ: Naar, Day & Naar. 1887. archive.org/cors/newjerseyvol00stryrich/newjerseyvol00stryrich.pdf.
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This coming Sunday, June 7th, is the start of Shippen's Rev250 programming. Kicking off our Rev250 season is Dr. Raymond Frey, professor emeritus, #CentenaryUniversity. He will be discussing Loyalists & Spies during the war in our lower level speaker's room.
The door to our lower level opens at 1:50pm and seating is first come/first served.
The museum will have our Revolutionary history on display.
Tours: 1-4
Shippen Talks (speakers' series): 2pm
Free admission
Friends of Shippen do accept monetary donations on behalf of the museum.
Plesse note that speakers' topics may not be child-friendly.
On and off-site parking.
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