Ready Rangers

Heritage Team: These are a group of active enthusiasts to make Sussex County a better place.

Vision: To look at Sussex County and understand its condition, and judge how we may put effort in to create a difference and make the county a better place.

Mission: We will help our Sussex County preserve, learn, and celebrate our rich history and resources. We will realize what can be done to preserve and improve our county. This may include work to suggest proposals, and to develop and support projects to make our county better. We may get involved in projects (such as Rails to Trails, Bridges for Paths over rivers, Revolutionary War 250th Celebration assistance, and other projects) to make Sussex County a better place.

Active Effort: “Enacting good for Sussex County”

Supported by the Sussex County Historian and Hardyston Historical Society.

Some current “talking points” for tasking and action. (In no particular order or importance.)

• Project 01 Monroe Schoolhouse flag raising. June 14
• Project 02 Patriot markers (make “pot” base/concrete, dig in) 20 in next 15 months
• Project 03 Sussex County Historian “Special Projects” suggestion and follow on
• Idea generation (continuous suggestions welcomed)
• History Award for marginals (like was for Moses Piggery)
• Rails To Trails
• Save Gingerbread Castle and Wheatsworth Mill
• Save Palmer Plant
• A spreadsheet for the patriots
• Expanding, a spreadsheet for all vets
• Personal Health (btw, this shows distinction between history projects and community interest projects that the Ready Rangers can be part of)
• Hardyston float for the July 4, 2026 parade, probably in Sparta (we might develop suggestions/sketches of what can be made)
• Monthly meetings and zooms