Historic Happenings Blog

Saturday, December 7 - Walpack, Sussex County Walpack Christmas Join the Walpack Historical Society for a "Walpack Christmas" at the Rosenkrans Museum, Main Street, Walpack Center, NJ within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The celebration and open house will take place on  Saturday from  12:00 noon - 4:00 pm . The Rosenkrans Museum will be decorated in the old-fashioned style and refreshments will be served.  The museum, a circa 1850 one and a half story frame building with eyebrow windows, was once the typical style of home in the Delaware River Valley.  The Walpack Methodist Episcopal Church will also be open. The event is free and the public is invited. All ages are welcome. For more information, call 973-948-4903 or visit  www.walpackhistory.org .

Sunday, October 13 - Walpack, Sussex County Van Campen Day On Sunday from 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm, the Walpack Historical Society and the National Park Service will present Van Campen Day. This annual event will take place at the Van Campen Inn on the unpaved section of Old Mine Road in Walpack Township, within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Sussex County, NJ. The day will feature the Colonial Musketeers Fife & Drum, The Frontier Guard, Spinning demonstration by Lydia Chappini. Hikes to the slave cemetery provided by Frank Hennion and Gerald DeGroat. Bob Brandt will be demonstrating chair caning. Walt Colombo will be there with an apple press and corn grinding. The Sons of the American Revolution will have a display. Tours of the Inn, which boasts some of the finest woodwork and hardware of its period in Sussex County (circa 1750) will be conducted by costumed guides. Guests at the Van Campen Inn included General Horatio Gates, his aide-de-camp, Benedict Arnold, an...

Saturday - Sunday, December 1 - 2 & Saturday, December 8 - Walpack, Sussex County Walpack Christmas Join the Walpack Historical Society for a "Walpack Christmas" at the Rosenkrans Museum, Main Street, Walpack Center, NJ within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The celebration and open house will take place on Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2 and  Saturday, December 8 from  12:00 - 4:00 . The Rosenkrans Museum will be decorated in the old-fashioned style and refreshments will be served.  The museum, a circa 1850 one and a half story frame building with eyebrow windows, was once the typical style of home in the Delaware River Valley.  In addition, the Walpack Methodist Episcopal Church will be open and decorated for the holiday. The church was built in 1871 and was once the hub of religious and social activities in Walpack Township. The interior of the church was painted by an unknown artist in 1872 in the tromp-l'oeil or "fool the eye" sty...