Category Archives: General Announcement

Writing and Publishing Your Family History Bob Mayers is a dedicated and proficient genealogist. He portrayed his family’s history in his book The Portrait of an American Family Allison-Mayers Family History. This published published narrative goes back 600 years and … Continue reading →

Bob Mayers will be signing his book Searching for Yankee Doodle at the reenactment of the Battle of Fort Montgomery. On October 6, 1777 an invading British Army assaulted the fort. Outnumbered 3 to 1, the defending Continental soldiers and militia held out … Continue reading →

Bob Mayers will speak at the Heritage Trail Association on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 2:00pm at the Van Horne House, 941 East , Main Street, Bridgewater N.J. 08807 Greater Somerset County –Hub of the American Revolution Earlier this year … Continue reading →

Bob Mayers joins over a dozen authors at the New Providence Book Festival on Saturday, September 22, 2018, 9am to 3pm at the Salt Box Museum, 1350 Springfield Avenue, New Providence N. J. (Rain date September 29) Author and historian … Continue reading →

Bob Mayers will speak at the New Jersey Society of Sons of the American Revolution on Sunday September 16, 2018 at 1:30pm, at the Iron Horse Restaurant, 20 Washington Avenue, Westwood, N.J. 07675 Searching for Yankee Doodle The people most … Continue reading →

On Saturday, June 16, 2018, starting at 11:00am, a ceremony to commemorate the rediscovery and to dedicate Washington Rock at Middlebrook will be held at the rock adjacent to The Eagle’s Nest Museum at 791 Miller Lane in Martinsville, NJ.  … Continue reading →

Bob Mayers will deliver the keynote address at the Living History Weekend to commemorate the Battle of Bound Brook in April, 1777.  This exciting and historic weekend will include a reenactment of the battle and a program exploring the American … Continue reading →

Bob Mayers will speak at the Hackettstown Historical Society on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 7:30pm at American Legion Post 494, Willow Grove. The people most responsible for achieving America’s independence by winning the Revolutionary War were George Washington’s foot soldiers, the … Continue reading →

Revolutionary War historian and author Robert Mayers will be the guest speaker at Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Deserted Village on Sunday, Oct. 22. Mayers, who plans to discuss Gen. George Washington’s troop movements in the … Continue reading →

Bob will talk about “Lost Opportunities on the Highway to Hell- Monmouth Courthouse to Sandy Hook, June 1778 and the Soldiers of Washington’s Army – June 1778.” After of the Battle of Monmouth the entire British Army left their wounded behind … Continue reading →