History Comes Alive in Matawan

History Comes Alive in Matawan At
Rose Hill Cemetery

-- Called by some the
most haunted cemetery in
New Jersey.
 Saturday, October 19 at 10 A.M.                        ANDSunday, October 20 at 2:00 P.M.  Join Local historian Al Savolaine of the Matawan Historical Society and the Rose Hill Board at the third annual guided walking tour of Matawan’s Rose Hill Cemetery.   Where:   Rose Hill Cemetery, Ravine Drive, near the intersection of Ravine and Middlesex Road. (Parking in cemetery & in the school lot across street) $10 per adult; tickets available at event; proceeds to benefit the Burrowes Mansion Museum  and Rose Hill Cemetery


 This years tour includes exciting new stories  The GREAT Matawan fire of 1901; 1896 gruesome murder;Tragic 1916 shark attack victims; Lawmen of Matawan; Trouble at the Mausoleums;Strange death at the Matawan House Hotel; Rich man attacks the Church bellFuneral attended by two US presidents--who and why; the horrible 1918 Morgan explosion Civil War casualties, 1918 Spanish flu victims, train accidents, A sad trio of 1908 spring suicides   
Event Sponsored by the Matawan Historical Society and Rose Hill Cemetery                          For additional information contact: savolaine@hotmail.com And advance notice --   If you want to go on  a real ghost hunt. A limited number of tickets are available for a Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 ghost hunt conducted by The Specter Inspectors Paranormal Investigations at the Burrowes Mansion from 6:30 PM to 1:00 AM.  Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at https://burrowesghosthunt.eventbrite.com/.