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By Dan Zomack The Wall Township Committee agreed to move one of
its workshop meetings outside of the
municipal building to Wall's historic
Marconi Hotel at Wall
Committeeman Clint Hoffman said the township
was approached by Fred Carl, who is the director of
the Mr. Carl said InfoAge volunteers have been doing many repairs at the site and they want to show the township
committee all of the good work they have done. The director said InfoAge representatives usually go to the municipal
building to update the township on
their progress but thought maybe the town
would be interested in visiting them to see the
work firsthand. The group was recognized by the Bush White House and the Advisory
Council for Historic Preservation, according
to Mr. Carl. A total of 11 sites were recognized by the federal government, with InfoAge being cited for
"playing a pivotal role in ensuring the
continued preservation of According to the government's Preserve America Web site, the Preserve America Stewards
program will recognize stewardship programs that have demonstrated a successful
use of volunteer time and commitment in order to help care for the country's cultural heritage. During World War I, some of the most important messages of the war were sent and received at the
station, according to Mr. Carl. The |
operated the station and a com-pany of 100 Marines guarded it during
that time, he added. Published
reports after the war credit wireless use for shortening World War I and saving
lives on both sides. Dan Clark, an author, claims
to have evidence that Fred Schnell was the
wireless operator on duty in Wall
when The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Camp Evans was once the 1914 Marconi Belmar Wireless station, opened world-wide wireless communications, played an important role in World War I transAtlantic communications, played a key part in the development of radar as an effective World War II secret weapon, opened space communications in 1946, was a cold war technology site, a nuclear weapons research site, visited by Sen. Joseph McCarthy as he suspected a communist spy ring may have been operating there, was the birthplace of satellite based hurricane tracking, was a pre-NASA space research site, and is a black history site. It is also the home of the National Broadcaster Hall of Fame. The May meeting will mark the first time the township committee has held a meeting at the site, Mr. Carl stated. The township committee will hold their regularly scheduled 7 p.m. workshop meeting on May 27 at |
Camp Evans. Wall Township was recognized as a Preserve America Community for its extraordinary
support of historic preservation throughout the township.
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