Day One: Tour of the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia and the Opening Reception at Historic Towerview, home of Senator Diane Allen and Samuel Leeds Allen III, with speaker Robert Wittman.

From left: NJ Historic Trust Board Chair Meme Omogbai, Senator Diane Allen, Board Member Deborah Kelly, guest speaker Robert Wittman, Board Member Annie Salvatore, NJ Historic

Trust Executive Director Dorothy Guzzo, and Board Member Katherine Ng.

Day Two: Welcoming remarks by Assemblyman Troy Singleton, Opening Plenary with Ruth Abram, and the Preservation NJ Marketplace.

From left: guest speaker Ruth Abram, NJ Historic Trust Board Member Ken Miller, AIA-NJ President Kimberly Bunn, Assemblyman Troy Singleton, Board Chair Meme

Omogbai, and Board Member Deborah Kelly.

Jef Buehler of Main St New Jersey selling goods from the NJ350 pop-up shop.

Day Two: Conference sessions, lunch, and the student poster session.

Dr. Richard Veit of Monmouth University speaking in session (S-4) What the Ghosts Tell Us: Preserving New Jersey’s Churchyards.

Student poster session participants (from left): Kimberly Tryba, Erich Huhn, Kelly Ruffel, and Lauren Lembo.

Claudia Ocello of Museum Partners moderating and Katie Humphreys of Fosterfields Living Historical Farm speaking in session (S-3) The Other Voice: Interpreting the Untold Story.

Day Two: Window workshop with the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust and the Women’s Heritage Trail tour of Smithville and Paulsdale.

Above: Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust staff demonstrating window maintenance and restoration techniques at the Historic Wood Window Workshop.

Museum attendant Eric Orange starts off the tour of Historic Smithville Park.

Day Two: Closing plenary with guest speaker Elizabeth Silkes, student poster winner, and the closing reception.

Elizabeth Silkes of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience speaks at the closing plenary.

Kelly Ruffel, winner of the student poster session, with Briann Greenfield, Executive Director of the NJ Council for the Humanities, who presented the prize.

Thank you to the planning committee and all of the sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and participants for making this another great conference – see you next year!

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