Historic Happenings Blog

Thursday, January 23 and 30 – Cape May County Fireside Chats at the Cold Spring Brewery  On January 23rd from 4 pm-5 pm at Cold Spring Brewery, gather round the fireplace at for this free lecture series! We’re going to kick the various topics off with  “ Revolutionary Women” by Darci Tucker. January 30th  –   “ Among the Lenape ”   by Bill Cloer HCSV Education & Curatorial Coordinator

Presentation: An Introduction to Lenape People Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 7:00-8:00 PM Freneau Woods Park Visitor Center,  360 Monastery Ln, Aberdeen Township, NJ 07747 (adults) Join a Park System Naturalist as we learn via a PowerPoint presentation about our local native people. We will discover the daily life, beliefs, and history of a people that once lived in New Jersey, southeastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware at the time of European exploration and colonization. Along the way, we will also discuss some of the myths that people often attribute to the Lenape.

Friday, November 23 – Salem County   Historical Society Opens New Exhibit      The Salem County Historical Society is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit entitled, “The First Inhabitants: The Lenape and Their Predecessors.” The Salem County Historical Society collection includes thousands of Native American artifacts from the past 10,000 years.  The exhibit will provide a sample of the Society’s collection to show the diversity of tools and techniques applied to survive and thrive in our region for thousands of years.      Families and individuals have been donating locally found artifacts since the founding of the Society in 1884. These donations of large personal collections and individual artifacts have grown into a significant historical record of the early inhabitants of Salem County. This exhibit will provide a sample of the Society’s Native American artifacts collection and intends to show the diversity of t...