{"id":40802252649,"date":"2021-02-10T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802252649"},"modified":"2021-02-10T19:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:35:29","slug":"dean-veit-presents-rediscovering-joseph-bonapartes-point-breeze-estate-feb-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/dean-veit-presents-rediscovering-joseph-bonapartes-point-breeze-estate-feb-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Veit Presents “Rediscovering Joseph Bonaparte’s Point Breeze Estate” Feb. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard F. Veit, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and interim dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, will present \u201cA Monument to Fallen Royalty: Rediscovering Joseph Bonaparte\u2019s Point Breeze Estate In Bordentown, New Jersey<\/a>,\u201d on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. The event, which is co-sponsored by Pennington Public Library, Hopewell Valley Historical Society, and The Hopewell Museum is free, but registration is required<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recent archaeological excavations in Bordentown, New Jersey<\/a> have unearthed the remains of Joseph Bonaparte\u2019s palatial estate, Point Breeze. Joseph, the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte and former King of Spain and Naples, fled to the United States in 1815. He lived in New Jersey from 1816 until 1839. During this period he built two palatial homes, laid out a 1900-acre picturesque landscape, and acted as an unofficial cultural attach\u00e9. His home was a center for French refugees in America, and his library and art collections were the largest in the country. At Point Breeze, he entertained many of the leading intellectuals, politicians, artists, and military figures of the day.<\/p>\n

Bonaparte\u2019s passion was landscape architecture, and on his property he created one of the first purposefully-designed picturesque landscapes in America. Archaeological excavations have revealed the remains of Joseph\u2019s first mansion and recovered an intriguing collection of artifacts that provide a unique glimpse of the lifestyles of the rich and famous in 19th century New Jersey.<\/p>\n

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Viet will discuss his archaeological excavations in Bordentown, New Jersey, which have unearthed the remains of Joseph Bonaparte\u2019s palatial estate, Point Breeze. Joseph, the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte and former King of Spain and Naples, fled to the United States in 1815.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":40802237981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,215,188,423,170],"tags":[],"person":[882],"audience":[],"school":[95,26],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802252649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-excellence","category-experiential-education","category-great-location","category-faculty-perspectives","category-research","person-rveit","school-history-anthropology","school-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"squareimage":{"id":40802237981,"rendered":"\"Interim","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/05\/Richard-Veit-Headshot_20181120_AD_03-e1559136240893.jpg","width":502,"height":487}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802252649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802252649"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802252649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802252756,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802252649\/revisions\/40802252756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802237981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802252649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802252649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802252649"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802252649"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802252649"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802252649"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802252649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}