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Saving New
Jersey's History, County by County, and Town by Town.
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League members: Let us help to
publicize your events. Please send listings at least 15 days in advance of the event. Thanks so
much.
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Featuring: Reserve now
for bus trip to Ellis and Liberty islands Feasting on
History at Historic Cold Spring Village Ayres-Knuth
25th Anniversary Dinner The Gilded
Age in New Jersey Archaeology
of Hessian burials at Red Bank The history of
Origami and then making Origami tulips European
Countryside Acrylic Painting Class Victorian Era
Cemetery and Funeral Practices Privateers of New Jersey and the Battle of Chestnut Neck at Mullica River Lecture
Series before the Haddonfield Skirmish Winter of
Gen. Meade Series II (2024) -- Lecture 4 -- Generals George Meade, Robert E. Lee and The Battle of Bristoe Station Mother's Day
Glass Class 2024 Tag
Sale at the Bethel in Mount Tabor New Jersey’s Public Gardens – From Colonial to Gilded Age Landscape Designs 14th Annual
Roebling Museum Car Show “A Monument to Fallen Royalty": Rediscovering
Joseph Bonaparte's Point Breeze Estate in Bordentown “A History
of Inventions in New Jersey” -- Belmar Construct Princeton's iconic buildings using over 100,000 LEGO blocks Metal: From
Earth to Form and Fashion Hunterdon
County Historical Society Book Sale Returns April 27 Of Dust and Death-Rays: A Reflection on Architecture and
Change by William
Whitaker PLUS Malcolm Wells: One Man’s Crusade to Save the
Environment Through Architecture Historical Society of Princeton presents its Annual
Meeting and Lewis B. Cuyler Lecture: The Delaware and Raritan
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RESERVE NOW Bus (and ferry) Trip to Ellis Island
Bus
Trip
Ellis
Island and the Statue of Liberty
Saturday,
May 4, 2024
Join the
Ocean County Historical Society as we visit Ellis Island and the
Statue of Liberty on Saturday May 4th. We will depart from the Ocean
County Historical Society, 26 Hadley Ave., Toms River at 8:00 AM
sharp. We ask you to arrive approximately one-half hour
early so we can depart on time. The ferry leaves from Jersey City
at 10:00 AM. We head back to New Jersey at 2:30 PM and should arrive
back at the Historical Society at approximately 4:00 PM.
The cost of
the trip per person is $80.00 for members, and $85.00 for
non-members. This fee includes a luxury coach bus with a restroom,
the ferry out to the sites and bus driver gratuity. Lunch is on your
own. You can either bring lunch or dine at the site's cafeteria.
To reserve
your spot or for additional information, please call Jeff at
609-339-9134 or email at jeffschenker@myyahoo.com
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SAVE THE
DATE -- MAY 9 -- Morris County
The
Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Mountain
Lakes Club, 18 Lake Drive, Mountain Lakes, NJ
Thursday, 9
May, 6 to 9 pm
Dinner,
reception, cash bar -- Live band.
Presentations
expected to include Morris County Commissioners and Denville Township
Mayor. Waiting to hear if we will have Knuths or Ayres...former
Foster Fields manager.
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Tuesday,
April 23 -- Union County
A friendly
reminder that this month’s Historical Society of Scotch Plains & Fanwood
is coming up quickly. Our Fun and Focused program is about
learning the history of Origami and then making Origami tulips. The
meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23rd, at the
Shady Rest Country Club, 820 Jerusalem Road (at the corner of
Plainfield Avenue) in Scotch Plains. The meeting is free and all
are welcome.
Any
questions: 908-337-7735
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Wednesday,
April 24 -- Middlesex County
The South
River Historical & Preservation Society will hold its next
meeting at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, April
24th, at the South River Museum (Old School Baptist
Church) 64-66 Main Street, South River. The program is free to
the public and light refreshments will be served.
The
program for this meeting will be Victorian Era Cemetery and
Funeral Practices presented by Brian Armstrong, a former
society president. Brian will discuss a wide range of topics related
to Victorian funerary practices. Mourning apparel, funeral relics,
photography, superstitions, the development of huge monuments and
cemetery parks, and other topics will be covered.
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Wednesday,
April 24 -- Monmouth County
The Atlantic
Highlands Historical Society will begin its monthly speaker series
with author, archeologist, and explorer, Stephen Nagiewicz. He
is a well known scuba diver with acknowledged authority on
shipwrecks. He is also a retired high school science teacher and is
currently an adjunct professor of Marine Science at Stockton College.
His
lecture will be on the Privateers of New Jersey and the Battle of
Chestnut Neck at Mullica River (now known as Port Republic). Many
of the Revolutionary War battles were fought on the water with
shipwrecks from both Patriots and British forces. Stephen
will discuss locating and mapping these vessels in the Mullica
River, which are some of the oldest known shipwrecks in New
Jersey. The lecture
will begin at 7:30pm on April 24th at the Strauss Mansion Museum 27
Prospect Circle, Atlantic Highlands. This is a free events but a
donation is always welcome. Also, please consider bringing and
non-perishable food item or baby product to be donated to our
local food pantry.
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Thursday,
April 25 -- Virtual NORTH JERSEY CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE
OLD BALDY CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE
GENERAL MEADE SOCIETY
presents the
WINTER OF GEN. MEADE SERIES II (2024)
Lecture 4
Generals George Meade , Robert E. Lee
and The Battle of Bristoe Station Presented by JEFFREY WILLIAM HUNT
Thursday,
April 25, 2024, 6:55 PM EDST; Chat room opens
at 6:30 PM EDST
Please
request link at: NJCivilWarRT@aol.com
Despite losing
one-third of his strength via Longstreet’s departure, Gen. Robert E.
Lee took advantage of the Federal countermove by launching a daring
offensive against Maj. Gen. George Meade’s Army of the Potomac,
located inside a treacherous sideways ‘V’ created by the Rappahannock
and Rapidan rivers. What followed was a fast based campaign of
maneuver as Lee sought to land a crippling blow on his opponent,
while Meade strove to avoid the thrust by rapidly withdrawing toward
Centreville. For a week the two armies engaged in a race, with
violent cavalry actions taking place almost daily as Lee tried to
head off Meade’s infantry before it slipped beyond his
reach. The campaign climaxed in a bloody rearguard action a
place called Bristoe Station.
This
campaign, never before studied in depth by Civil War historians, is
the subject of the second book in author Jeffrey William Hunt’s Meade
and Lee series of books examining the war in Virginia between Lee’s
retreat over the Potomac after Gettysburg and the end of active
campaigning.
Jeffrey
William Hunt is the Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum at
Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, which is the official museum of the
Texas National Guard, and an Adjunct Professor of History at Austin
Community College, where he has taught since 1988. He holds a
Bachelor’s Degree in Government and a Master’s Degree in History,
both from the University of Texas at Austin. Jeff is the recipient of
the Chicago Civil War Round Table Edwin Cole Bearss Award for
Outstanding Civil War Scholarship (2022).
Mr. Hunt, a
prolific author, is the author of Meade and Lee After
Gettysburg: The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign:
From Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House (Savas Beatie,
2017, named Eastern Theater Book of the Year by Civil War Books &
Authors)
This program
is presented as a public service by the North Jersey Civil War
Round Table and is part of a four-part series The Winter of Gen.
George Meade (2024)
This program is
co-sponsored by the Bucks County Civil War Round Table
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Saturday,
April 27 -- Mercer County
New Jersey’s Public Gardens – From Colonial to Gilded
Age Landscape Designs
An Illustrated Talk by the Garden State Gardens
Consortium
The Trent House Association will host a talk on public
gardens in New Jersey on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 2 pm.
This free program will be held in-person at the Trent House Visitor
Center, 15 Market Street, Trenton, NJ (across from the Hughes Justice
Complex) and via zoom at https://tinyurl.com/THTalkApril27.
Michael Gross,
member of the Garden State Gardens Consortium, will give an
illustrated talk on the Consortium with a focus on New Jersey gardens
with colonial through Gilded Age landscape designs. Accompanying Dr.
Gross' talk will be illustrations of landscape designs at the Trent
House from the early 1700s to 1929 as well as those developed for the
grounds once the Museum was established.
The Garden
State Gardens Consortium seeks to increase public awareness and
appreciation of the beauty and horticultural, educational,
artistic and historic value of New Jersey’s public gardens. Dr.
Gross is Professor of Biology and Director of the Sister Mary Grace
Burns Arboretum at Georgian Court University. The Arboretum is a
member of the Consortium as is the William Trent House Museum garden
and grounds.
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Saturday, April 27 -- Somerset County
Rockingham State Historic Site presents
“A MONUMENT TO FALLEN ROYALTY”: REDISCOVERING JOSEPH
BONAPARTE'S POINT BREEZE ESTATE IN BORDENTOWN
Saturday, April 27, 2024
1:00 p.m -
3:00 p.m. FREE at
Rockingham State Historic Site
(84 Laurel Ave, Kingston, NJ 08528
RESERVE YOUR SEAT via Eventbrite (see link below).
Mark your calendars and plan to join us for a
not-to-be-missed informative presentation given by Dr. Richard Veit
about the DEP's most recent property acquisition - Point Breeze where
Joseph Bonaparte once called home. The former estate was located on
the bluffs above Crosswicks Creek in Bordentown. While little of
Bonaparte's estate remains, the property where it once stood does and
is now jointly owned and managed by the State of New Jersey, Bordentown City
and the D&R
Greenway Land Trust; it is now called "Point Breeze at D&R Canal
State Park" and open for public access. Due to limited seating,
participates will be required to register via Eventbrite (see link
below).
Click To Register via Eventbrite
Dr. Veit's
recent archaeological excavations at the site have unearthed the
remains of Joseph Bonaparte’s palatial estate. 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 attaché. His home was a center for French refugees in
America. 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.
Bonaparte’s 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’s 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. Mark
those calendars and do plan to join us to learn about this nationally
and internationally significant historic site!
Richard Veit, Ph.D. is Professor of Anthropology and
Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at
Monmouth University. A North American historical archaeologist, his
research focuses on the colonial Middle Atlantic Region. He is the author,
co-author or editor of eight books and has been the recipient of
Monmouth University’s distinguished teacher award. He is a long-time
member of the Archeology Society of NJ.
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Saturday,
April 27 -- Hunterdon County
Hunterdon
County Historical Society Book Sale Returns April 27
The
nonprofit Hunterdon County Historical Society will conduct its spring
book sale on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside its
Archive Building, 67 River Road in Raritan Township.
The sale
will feature an astounding selection of books about townships in
Hunterdon County; the history of New Jersey and other states;
biographies; volumes on the American Revolution, the Civil War, World
War II, antiques, old barns and homes, and much more.
This year,
the sale also will include a selection of antique picture frames
along with reproductions of historic maps and posters.
Arrive early
for the best selection. Rain date is Sunday, April 28.
Please
remember to bring cash or a check as HCHS cannot accept credit cards.
All proceeds
benefit the Hunterdon County Historical Society and its mission to
preserve, protect and share Hunterdon County’s history.
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Sunday,
April 28 -- Mercer County
Building
Princeton
Sunday,
April 28, at 3:00 pm
Construct Princeton's iconic buildings using over
100,000 LEGO blocks at HSP's 6th Annual Building
Princeton event! When the
models are complete, they are placed on a 30-foot map of Princeton,
providing an amazing aerial view of the town and campus. Perfect for
all ages, this event aims to celebrate and raise awareness of
Princeton's rich architectural heritage. Teams of up to 4 people
(with at least one adult) can participate, guided by architect
Stephen W. Schwartz from Building Blocks Workshops, LLC.
Click here to purchase tickets
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Monday,
April 29 -- Burlington County
Save the date –
April 29, 2024 – for two closely related, free Moorestown events
about architecture and change!
From 5 to 6:30 p.m. you’re
invited to enjoy the popular current exhibit at our Smith-Cadbury
Mansion headquarters at 12 High Street in Moorestown - Malcolm Wells: One Man’s Crusade to Save the
Environment Through Architecture.
At 7 p.m. you’re invited
just down the street to The Moorestown Library, 111 West Second
Street, for our annual meeting and a talk by William Whitaker,
Curator of the University of Pennsylvania’s Architectural Archives.
The subject will be Of Dust and Death-Rays: A Reflection on
Architecture and Change.
What makes a building a
valuable part of a community or significant culturally? Should we
think of landscape and open spaces in the same way? Built heritage
tells the story of culture in solid material terms. Over time, a
community’s relationship to its built environment changes. The rate
of change may be barely perceptible or can come more suddenly. Mr.
Whitaker will explore this topic through an examination of the work
of Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Malcolm Wells, and a number of
local landmarks.
Mr. Whitaker’s talk is
part of the Historical Society of Moorestown’s “New Jersey History
Speaks Lecture Series.”
Note: Although you don’t
have to register to see the exhibit at Smith-Cadbury, you will have
to register to attend Mr. Whitaker’s talk at the Library. Go here to
register: https://events.moorestownlibrary.org/event/11999020.
If you have any questions,
you may contact the Moorestown Library at (856) 234–0333, or the
Historical Society’s publicist, Liz Rosenthal, at moorestownhistory@comcast.net.
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Tuesday,
April 30 -- Mercer County
Historical Society of Princeton
Annual Meeting & Lewis B. Cuyler Lecture
Tuesday, April 30 at 6:30 pm
Join us at
the historic Updike Farmstead for our 2024 Annual Meeting! Author and
historian Linda J. Barth will share the history of The Delaware and Raritan Canal, highlighting the people, bridges, locks, and
aqueducts that made it one of America's most successful towpath
canals. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of
D & R State Park, a 70-mile recreation path along the
canal.
Click here to register
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