Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial

Cake and Community

Blue Morel Restaurant Executive Chef Bobby Varua

Helps Morristown Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service

2 pm, Thursday, August 25, 2016

Free

Morristown, NJ – Please join Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) as it celebrates the exact 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, August 25, 2016.

Festivities begin at  2 pm in Morristown NHP’s Washington’s Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place, Morristown, New Jersey. Admission is free.

Blue Morel Restaurant Executive Chef Bobby Varua will present to the park and visitors a specially designed and created  birthday cake that honors the National Park Service's 100th anniversary.

Following the cake-cutting, Chief of Interpretation Vanessa Smiley will present a short program in the museum auditorium on the history of the National Park Service.

Morristown NHP Chief of Cultural Resources Dr. Jude Pfister notes “This once-in-a-lifetime celebration is a way for us in the National Park Service to work with the community and say thank-you to the public." Dr. Pfister invites everyone to this special event. Come, meet Chef Bobby and the park staff, and join us for community, cake, and good cheer as we wish the National Park Service happy birthday.

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And in the tradition of Cake and Community; From our photo archives, Mildred Ward's 1972, 

Ford Mansion cake. Morristown recently celebrated 83 years as the first 

National Historical Park in the National Park Service.