The
Church of the Presidents 
Long
Branch, New Jersey
The Last
Remaining Structure Associated with
All Seven Presidents Who Vacationed in Long Branch

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Grant |
Hayes |
Garfield |
Arthur |
Harrison |
McKinley |
Wilson |

Join us for our 10th Annual Cocktail Party
Fundraiser
from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, August 16,
2012 at the
Ocean Beach Club
1035 Ocean Avenue, Elberon
(One of the few remaining Grand Victorian Seaside Estates of the Gilded
Age).
$100. per person
Cocktail Attire
RSVP by sending a check to:
"Long Branch Historical Museum
Association"
P.O. Box 2204
Elberon, N.J. 07740
by Friday, August 10.
For more information,
Call: 732- 223-0874
Great-Grandson
of Titanic Victims to Speak at the
10th
Annual Cocktail Reception to Benefit Historic Church of the Presidents
--
Ida and Isidor Straus
Vacationed in Elberon --
LONG BRANCH, N.J.
(August 13, 2012) – To mark the 100thyear
of the sinking of the Titanic, the story of Macy’s
co-founder Isidor
Straus and his devoted wife, Ida,
will be presented by their great-grandson at a cocktail party fundraiser
Thursday benefitting the Church of the
Presidents.
Paul
Kurzman, board chairman of the Straus
Historical Society, will recount the real love story that occurred while the Titanic
sank – how Ida chose to remain behind with
her husband, relinquishing the seat offered her on a lifeboat,
so they could die together. The
devoted couple, who spent early 20th-century
summers at their home Sunnyside in Elberon
with their seven children, has been portrayed in just about every film about
the tragic shipwreck.
The fundraiser
will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 16, at the Ocean Beach Club, 1035 Ocean Ave., to benefit the
restoration of the Church of the Presidents – the last remaining building
associated with the seven presidents who vacationed here during the country’s
Gilded Age.
Sponsored by the Long
Branch Historical Museum Association (LBHMA), the fundraiser
will help to raise the remaining funds required to complete the exterior
restoration of the site, which is expected to cost about $233,000.
The exterior restoration is
funded in part by grants from the Monmouth
County Historical Commission and the New Jersey Historic Trust;
these grants must be matched dollar for dollar.
View these pages
for more information on the history of the church..
About the Church of the Presidents....
About
the Long Branch Historical Museum Association....
Church of
the Presidents Website
Please
click here to listen to a brief audio file of the church history !








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