Historic Happenings Blog

Twin Lights Opens New Exhibit 1828 Monmouth Banknote Written by Muriel J Smith Published: 27 December 2019 Museum-goers can get a close-up look at the year the first set of Twin Lights was built with the opening of the newest exhibit at the Twin Lights Museum,  the 1820s. The 1820s were also the time of primaries and presidential elections, mud-slinging and politics, notably with the 1828 election of  Andrew Jackson when he defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams.  That election is widely regarded as the beginning of the down-and-dirty “mud-slinging” tradition in United States politics. What might it have been like to live in Monmouth County during that pivotal year? The new exhibit at the Museum explores that question and transports visitors back nearly two centuries through a group of rare artifacts from the 1820s. The year 1828, in addition to the highly controversial election,  marks the completion of the first set of Twin Lights atop the Navesink Highlands. The two...

Explore the powers of wild creatures in LSC's new adventure for young learners! Opens Feb. 1 On Feb. 1, 2020, LSC welcomes a brand new adventure for young learners —  Wild Kratts: Creature Power! Based on the popular PBS Kids series,  Wild Kratts  is all about discovering wild creatures' unique "creature powers." Your creature adventure begins at the Wild Kratts HQ and continues through five distinct habitats. Slip through underbrush like a jaguar, swing through trees like a monkey, and hang on a rope like a sloth in the Tropical Rainforest. Learn about Australian kangaroos, platypuses, and koalas. Become an Antarctic penguin and slide off an ice shelf, peer underwater, and balance on an ice floe. Then, get a new perspective on your own neighborhood as you “shrink down” to go eye-to-eye with beetles and birds, see flowers as butterflies do, catch lunch like a bullfrog, and create a creature chorus. The exhibition features animal experts Chris and Martin Kratt and a ca...

The Ocean Township Historical Museum's  (Doors open at 1:30, Tea served 2 to 4)  Woman's Club of Asbury Park Building  57 Wickapecko Dr., Ocean  $25 per person  (Open to the public)  Homemade tea sandwiches, scones, and desserts. Gift basket raffle. Hand-crafted items. Fancy Hot contest, 50/50 raffle. Table Prizes. 

Noyes Museum of Art, Kramer Hall 30 Front Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037 Phone: (609) 626-3420 The Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall add vibrancy to the Arts District in downtown Hammonton with exhibitions that change seasonally.  The Noyes showcases the work of a wide range of artists including those from New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, nationally and internationally prominent artists as well as Stockton faculty and students.  The space allows the Noyes Museum to better serve the populations of western Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties. Kramer Hall Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturday & Sunday: Closed Closed: April 21st, May 27th, July 4th, September 2nd, November 28th, December 25th

MyHeritage's New Advanced Features and Technologies Thursday, May 28, 2020 4 PM – 5:30 PM On-Line Webinar Genealogical Society of Bergen County Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage’s Genealogy Expert. will be presenting FIVE live sessions to help you use this special time to make progress on your family history research. Enjoy these presentations from the comfort of your home and submit questions during the Q&A. All sessions are free—register for one or all of the sessions. —— Session 4: “MyHeritage's NEW Advanced Features and Technologies” Thursday, 28 May @ 4 pm EDT by Daniel Horowitz An advance review of new features and technologies on MyHeritage, the online family history service. Take full advantage of MyHeritage's unmatched technologies to help you find long-lost relatives, with: The tree Consistency Checker, PedigreeMap, Theory of Family Relativity, Calendar and Events, Statistics, Pedigree Tree, Charts, Relationship Report, Surveys, and more. Registration URL: https://a...

  Zoom Webinar Available from Historic Cold Spring Village An Afternoon with Martha Washington   May 28, 2020 1:00 PM Eastern Time Spend some time with our first First Lady, Martha Washington portrayed by Lee Ann Rose from  Shades of Our Past , as she relates tales of her life and experiences during the American Revolution and the establishment of the new nation.  A question and answer period will follow the presentation. Presented by: Lee Ann Rose, Co-Owner of  Shades Of Our Past LLC Shades Of Our Past, LLC, provides historical education and entertainment ranging from America’s founding to WWII. She is a graduate of Bridgetown High School and got her Theatre Degree at Davis and Elkins College and studied also in Richmond College in London, England.  Lee Ann is not only an actress and historical interpreter but a playwright writing such plays as “Are We Not One” and “ Back to Our Kitchens“and “Stowaway on D Day” about Martha Gellhorn. she is curre...

Tuesday, May 26 – Essex County The Toll of the Garden State Parkway in Bloomfield 7:30 PM at the Presbyterian Church on the Green, 147 Broad Street      Join Bloomfield historian Richard Rockwell as he explores  the impact the Garden State Parkway had on the township of Bloomfield when it was built in the 1950s. Through historical photos, maps and newspaper articles,  explore the controversies and protests surrounding the project, as well as the hundreds of houses that were demolished or moved to make way for the GSP.  Love it or hate it, you’ll be fascinated by the history of the Garden State Parkway through Bloomfield.     The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Parking  is available next door at the School Administration Building lot on the corner of Belleville Avenue and Broad Street. Caption:  “ Do you recognize this scene in Bloomfield? If you don’t, it’s because most of these hous...

“New Jersey’s Darkest Hour”  Donald Johnstone Peck “New Jersey’s Whaleboat Privateer”  Mary Rizzo “Hard Winter”  Robert A. Mayers “Colonia’s WWI Hospital”  Virginia Bergen Troeger “The Jersey Shore War Story That Wasn’t”  Joseph G. Bilbly “The Battle of the Short Hills”  Robert A. Mayers “Panic on the Palisades”  James M. Madden “Hub of the Revolution”  Robert A. Mayers “The Second Battle of Princeton?”  William Marsch “The Widow who Saved a Revolution”  Dennis Rizzo & Alicia McShulkis “Mayhem on the Roads to Monmouth Courthouse”  Robert A. Mayers “Let Us Never Forget”  Francis McGinley “The Women of Fort Hancock”  Mary Rasa “Newark’s Rotunda Pool”  Michele Rotunda & Scott Rotunda Delany “New Jersey’s Nike Missiles”  Mary Rasa “Sandy Hook Proving Ground”  Mary Rasa “Finding the Eagle’s Perch”  Robert A. Mayers “New Jersey & the War of 1812”  Harvey Strum “Development of Radar on the Jer...

Estell Empire: Ships, Settlements, Suffrage & Society March 13 - May 23, 2020 Noyes Museum of Art, Kramer Hall 30 Front Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037 Phone: (609) 626-3420 The Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall add vibrancy to the Arts District in downtown Hammonton with exhibitions that change seasonally.  The Noyes showcases the work of a wide range of artists including those from New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, nationally and internationally prominent artists as well as Stockton faculty and students.  The space allows the Noyes Museum to better serve the populations of western Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties. Kramer Hall Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturday & Sunday: Closed Closed: April 21st, May 27th, July 4th, September 2nd, November 28th, December 25th

Tali Margolin March 12 - May 23, 2020 Noyes Museum of Art, Kramer Hall 30 Front Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037 Phone: (609) 626-3420 The Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall add vibrancy to the Arts District in downtown Hammonton with exhibitions that change seasonally.  The Noyes showcases the work of a wide range of artists including those from New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, nationally and internationally prominent artists as well as Stockton faculty and students.  The space allows the Noyes Museum to better serve the populations of western Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties. Kramer Hall Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturday & Sunday: Closed Closed: April 21st, May 27th, July 4th, September 2nd, November 28th, December 25th

VIRTUAL Horseshoe Crab Walk American Littoral Society FACEBOOK ONLINE 5/22/2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm REGISTRATION REQUIRED AGE RANGE:  All Ages FREE CALL:  (732) 291-0055 WEBSITE MORE DETAILS: Join Education Director, Nicole Haines, as she gets up close and personal with a living fossil. Take a virtual evening walk along Plum Island, Sandy Hook to look for spawning horseshoe crabs. Learn about an animal that has survived virtually unchanged for 400 million years. RSVP on Facebook to receive the notification when the walk starts.

RESCHEDULED TO Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 6:00PM Wildwood City Hall Commissioner’s Meeting Room, 2nd Floor 4400 New Jersey Avenue Wildwood, NJ 08260 Register now Local Protection Strategies: Preserving the Historic Resources of South Jersey at 6:00 p.m. in the Wildwood City Hall, Commissioner’s Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, 4400 New Jersey Avenue, Wildwood, NJ 08260     Join Preservation New Jersey, Preserving the Wildwoods, and Wildwood City Commission for a free information session spotlighting local resources for historic preservation and sustainable redevelopment in South Jersey. The evening will include topical presentations, a Q&A, and a networking session on the ways that historic preservation enhances communities and creates a sense of place. Historical societies, nonprofits, municipalities and the public are welcome and invited to attend.  Presenters: Barton Ross , AIA, AICP, LEED AP, President, Barton Ross & Partners, LLC Matt Pisarski , PP, AICP, P...