Historic Happenings Blog

“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...

Monday, May 27 - Holmdel, Monmouth County Decoration Day Celebration This family holiday originated soon after the Civil War when women decided to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers. Today we call this special holiday Memorial Day. It was a time for family reunions and fun-filled visits. Join in the celebration as the staff of Longstreet Farm enjoys an old-fashioned Decoration Day.  This free event runs from 12:00 noon - 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 .

Monday, May 27 - Farmingdale, Monmouth County Village Open for Memorial Day Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day originated in the years following the Civil War to honor those who fell in battle. The Civil War, claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history and required the establishment of the country’s first national cemeteries. By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns and cities had begun holding springtime tributes to these countless fallen soldiers, decorating their graves with flowers and reciting prayers. Join the villagers of the Howell Works as they open their homes and work places to visitors on this Memorial Day 2019. Admission to the village is free. Parking is $5 parking per car and is in effect Memorial Day through Labor Day.  The Historic Village at Allaire is located at 4263 Atlantic Avenue, Farmingdale, NJ. For more information, contact the Allaire Village office during business hours, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, at 732-919-3500...

Monday, May 27 - Hackensack, Bergen County Memorial Day Wreath Laying At 10:00 am on Monday, join the Bergen County Historical Society as they honor the veterans of all wars with a wreath-laying at the grave of General Enoch Poor in the burial ground of the First Dutch Reformed Church on the Green, 42 Court Street, Hackensack, NJ. Excerpts from chaplain Israel Evans' graveside funeral oration will be read at the ceremony, followed by a tour of the historic cemetery. Brigadier-General Enoch Poor, of New Hampshire, died at 44 years of age from either typhus fever or diphtheria on September 8, 1780, while about 14,000 Continental troops were encamped on "a high Ridge of land in a place called Steenrapie," the old name for the high ground extending from northern River Edge through Emerson. The main cantonment was situated between River Edge Avenue in River Edge to the vicinity of Soldier Hill Road, where Oradell, Emerson and Paramus intersect. While encamped at Steenrapie bet...

Saturday, May 25  -  Morris Township, Morris County Memorial Day Tour: Call of Duty On Saturday at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm from 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, join museum senior staff for a special guided tour of the exhibit, ‘Call of Duty: Patriotism During World War I.’ Learn the meaning behind America’s iconic symbols, and discover the home front activities of Caroline and Charles Foster and their peers. Free admission for current and past armed service members. Admission: $6 for adults; $5 for seniors (65+); $4 for children ages 4 – 16; and $2 for children ages 2 and 3. FREE for children under age 2 and Friends members with a current membership card. Fosterfields Living Historical Farm is located at 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown, NJ. For more information, visit  www.morrisparks.net .