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Greetings to Descendants of George C. Hollister and Elizabeth Phillips Hollister and spouses and friends.

I am pleased to announce that the Sixth Biennial Hollister Family Reunion will be held July 16-18 at Princeton, New Jersey. Our host and hostess will be Najeeb and Catherine Ahmad at nearby Pennington, NJ.

Make your plans to attend now.

The program in broad outline is expected to be as follows:

• Friday, July 16, registration, supper, and chat time at Jeeby's and Catherine's home at Pennington (209 Penn View Drive). They have a large play yard where the kids can run around and play games and explore a nearby pond while some of the older folks sit around and gossip.

• Saturday,July 17, from 9 to about 3 we'll be enveloped in Phillips family history as we tour American Revolutionary War sites in the Washington Crossing-Princeton-Trenton area and learn how George Washington relied on Captain John Phillips (great, great grandfather of Grandmother Hollister) as a guide at the Battle of Trenton. We'll also visit the First Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville (formerly the Maidenhead Meetinghouse) (www.pclawrenceville.org) where our ancestors have worshipped since before the Revolution and where many are buried in its cemetery. On the itinerary also is a visit to the pre-Revolutionary War mansion house of Theophilus Phillips and his son, Henry D. Phillips, on what then was the Maidenhead Plantation, purchased in 1752. The house is now part of the Chapin School (www.chapinschool.org). If time permits, we may also include a visit to the gravesite of Mary Conover Vander Veer Phillips (mother of Grandmother Hollister) at the Riverview Cemetery in Trenton. After the tour we'll settle down again at the Ahmad's for relaxation and supper.

• Sunday, July 18, you'll have a choice. Jeeby will lead those who have the time on a walking tour of Historic Philadelphia from 10-2. (You may bail out of the tour anywhere along the route if your time is limited.) Other options for Sunday include worshiping at the Lawrenceville Church (service is at 10) and brunch from 10-1 at an area park. We'll have a recommendation on lodging in Princeton in the next week or two.

If you will be flying in, Catherine recommends Philadelphia; Jeeby, Newark.

HOPE TO SEE YOU JULY 16-18 AT PRINCETON

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