NJ Labor Day Weekend Historical Happenings: 9/1/18 - 9/3/18

 New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings

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Saturday, September 1 - Princeton, Mercer County

Stony Brook Walking Tour

Before there was a "Princeton," six Quaker families established a community on the fertile ground along Stony Brook. This two-hour hike explores the lives of the early settlers and the community they established, while following a portion of the trail George Washington took from Trenton to the Princeton Battlefield. Stops include the Stony Brook Meeting House and Burial Ground, walking a portion of the "hidden" back road into Princeton, and a view of the Battlefield.

Admission: $5 per person and includes farmhouse museum admission. Tours begin at the Updike Farmstead farmhouse, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton, NJ at 1:00 pm and ends at 3:00 pm. Space is limited. For more information and to reserve tickets, call 609-921-6748 or visit www.princetonhistory.org.

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NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 8/31/18 - 9/2/18

NEW JERSEY WEEKEND ESTATE SALES

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NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 8/25/18 - 8/26/18

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Saturday, August 25 - Roebling, Burlington County
“Telling the Story of the Community" - Oral History Workshop

Come and explore ways to preserve your family and community history through personal experiences in an oral history workshop led by Dr. Abigail Perkiss of Kean University on Saturday at 1:00 pm at the Roebling Museum.

Roebling and Trenton are unique communities, with some important shared themes, experiences and stories. Community oral histories provide a way to understand our shared experiences through different voices and perspectives. How can we record and preserve this type of information in a thorough and accurate way? How do we navigate the roles of the interviewer who asks questions and the person who tells their story? In this hands-on, guided session, participants will develop themes and questions, conduct practice interviews, and talk about how to be a responsible and ethical interviewer. We’ll explore questions like, “How have people been shaped by the history of this community?” and, “What has living in a community with so much history meant in the daily lives of those who call this place home?”

Dr. Perkiss’ workshop, the latest in the Roebling Museum’s Saturday Lecture Series, is presented in collaboration with the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Public Scholars Project. This workshop will serve as a starting point for a larger Museum project intended to invite public collaboration and participation with the Museum's collection and archives.

The workshop is included with museum admission ($6 for Adults, $5 for seniors 62 and older and children 6-12.) Seating is limited so please call the museum at 609-499-7200 to reserve your seat. The Museum is located at 100 Second Avenue in Roebling, NJ. Parking is available in the Museum lot off Hornberger Avenue. The NJ Transit River Line stops opposite the Museum. Visitors are encouraged not to park on 2nd Avenue, on the residential side of the building. For more information, visit www.roeblingmuseum.org.

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Saturday, August 25 - West Orange, Essex County
Open House at the Glenmont Estate

Glenmont Estate, Thomas Edison's home, will be hosting an open house event from 12:30 - 4:00 pm on Saturday. The 1st and 2nd floors of Glenmont will be open for a self-guided viewing on these days.

You must first pay your entrance fee at the Laboratory Complex Visitor Center and obtain a car pass before going to Glenmont.

Tickets must be purchased at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park Laboratory Complex Visitor Center at 211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ. Admission is $10.00 for adults, and includes the Glenmont Estate and the Laboratory Complex. Children under age 16 are free. For more information, call 973-736-0550 x33 or visit www.nps.gov/edis.

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NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 8/24/18 - 8/26/18

NEW JERSEY WEEKEND ESTATE SALES

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Ephemera, Advertising, & More!

Bloomfield, NJ Estate Sale

Bloomfield, NJ 07003

10:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Saturday & Sunday

19th and 20th Century Diggers Delight

Nutley, NJ Estate Sale

Nutley, NJ 07110

9:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday

Two Barns Full of Goodies

Franklin Lakes, NJ Estate Sale

Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417

10:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Saturday & Sunday

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Selection from Chapter 4 “The Crossing, Christmas 1776” part of Victory or Death: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton, December 25, 1776 – January 3, 1777

Selection from Chapter 4 “The Crossing, Christmas 1776” part of Victory or Death: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton, December 25, 1776 – January 3, 1777 
By Mark Maloy

Washington’s force planned to cross the river at McConkey’s Ferry, located about nine miles upriver from Trenton. This was a narrow location in the river, naturally the best place to cross. The river was about 1000 feet wide at this point; here, Col. John Glover and his Marbleheaders, who had successfully saved Washington’s men in New York, would ferry the troops across in all the vessels they had available. Washington’s chief of artillery, portly Col. Henry Knox, would be the senior commander in charge of the crossing. Knox was a 26-year-old book seller from Boston and would eventually become one of Washington’s most trusted military advisors. He was conspicuous up and down on the banks of the Delaware exhorting men and aiding in the crossing. Major James Wilkinson remembered vividly from that night the “stentorian lungs and extraordinary exertions of Colonel Knox.”

Washington Crossing the Delaware. Painted by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. From the collection of the MET. Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897.

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"Victory or Death" August 2018 Book Giveaway

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NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 8/18/18 - 8/19/18

 New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings

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Saturday, August 18 - Greenwich, Cumberland County
Desserts Through Time

The Cumberland County Historical Society is planning a "Desserts Through Time" event on Saturday from 2:00 - 4:00 pm on the grounds of the Gibbon House, located at 960 Ye Greate Street, Greenwich. Admission is $5 per person – Seating is limited. Please call the office at 856-455-8580 to make your reservation. Join the Cumberland County Historical Society for an afternoon of desserts and history. Historical desserts will be served during small lectures on desserts of the 18th through the 20th century.

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Saturday, August 18 - Holmdel, Monmouth County
Accordion Melodies of the 1890s
Children Friendly Site & Event

On Saturday, visit Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel to hear music from yesteryear played on an accordion. This free event runs from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. 

Historic Longstreet Farm is located at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. For more information, call 732-946-3758 or visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com.

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NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 8/17/18 - 8/19/18

NEW JERSEY WEEKEND ESTATE SALES

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Vintage Goodies Galore

Rockaway, NJ Estate Sale

Rockaway, NJ 07866

9:00 am - 3:00 pm Friday & Saturday

10:00 am - 2:00 pm Sunday

Collectibles

Maplewood, NJ Estate Sale

Maplewood, NJ 07040

10:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Friday & Saturday

Treasures of Yesterday

Roseland, NJ Estate Sale

Roseland, NJ 07068

9:00 am - 4:00 pm 

Friday & Saturday

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Free Lecture About the Discovery of an Original Durham Boat - September 9, 2018

Free Lecture About the Discovery of an Original Durham Boat
Saturday, September 9, 2018

Durham boats were critical to George Washington’s famous 1776 Delaware River crossing, but until recently no original boats were known to exist. On Sunday, September 9 at 2:00 pm, Indiana University of Pennsylvania anthropology professor Ben Ford will present a free lecture at the Washington Crossing Historic Park visitor center on his discovery of an original Durham boat at the bottom of a New York lake.

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NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 8/11/18 - 8/12/18

 New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings

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Out of State, but Close Enough!
Friday, August 10 - Saturday, August 11 - Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania
52nd Annual Goschenhoppen Folk Festival
Children Friendly Event

The Goschenhoppen Historians will be hosting their annual folk festival this Friday and Saturday. Learn about the Antes Plantation on Friday between 12:00 noon and 8:00 pm and Saturday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Enjoy the authentic interpretation of the Pennsylvania German folk culture. Become a part of and learn the traditions, skills and trades of the Pennsylvania Germans. Eat some old fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch foods and listen to the folk music as well at this family oriented event! The Henry Antes Plantation is located at 318 Colonial Road, Perkiomenville, PA. For more information, visit http://goschenhoppenevents.com.

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NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 8/10/18 - 8/12/18

NEW JERSEY WEEKEND ESTATE SALES

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Vintage Radios & Clocks

Oceanport, NJ Estate Sale

Oceanport, NJ 07757

9:00 am - 4:00 pm 
Saturday & Sunday

Comic Books Galore

Morristown, NJ Estate Sale

Morristown, NJ 07960

9:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Friday & Saturday

Treasures of Yesterday

Wayne, NJ Estate Sale

Wayne, NJ 07470

10:30 am - 4:00 pm Sunday

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