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Items up on eBay this week! Click on each link for the eBay page! More items always going up. Stay updated about new items on  Facebook . Vintage Hightstown, NJ Potato Sack MD Potatoes Vintage Wisconsin Potato Sack BlueBird Potatoes Vintage Presque Isle, Maine Potato Sack Maine MFX Brand Vintage Fort Fairfield, ME Potato Sack Houghton Brand Vintage Washburn, ME Potato Sack Washburn Brand Vintage Trenton, NJ Pharmacy Pill Boxes Centre Pharmacy   Vintage Bokar Coffee Tin A&P Coffee Services Vintage Paramount Popcorn Style Cottage Cheese Tin Manufactured in PA! Vintage Ex-Lax Chocolate Laxatives Tin Tin Collectors Delight

WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  email  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday, September 29 - Mount Tabor, Morris County A Day in Old Mount Tabor     On Saturday between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm, Mount Tabor, an historic Victorian Camp Meeting community, showcases 15 Victorian cottages and historic buildings on a self-guided walking tour. Box lunches will be available for sale.  Visitors park at the Mount Tabor Elementary School on Park Road, located a half mile south off Route 53. (Use this address for online maps or GPS: 864 Park Rd Morris Plains, NJ). A shuttle will run continuously to Mount Tabor from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. Proceeds of the tour fund building restoration, educational programs, and beautification projects in Mount Tabor. This event is sponsored by the Mount Tabor Historical Society and will be held rain or shine.  On the day of the t

WEEKEND ESTATE SALES Click on each link for more information on the estate sale! Find something neat at an estate sale? Let us know! Hosting an estate sale? Send me an  email  to be featured in our weekly post! Be the first to know about these sales on  Facebook !     Antique Cameras and Equipmet Jersey City, NJ 07304 Vintage Doll Collection Plainsboro, NJ 08536 50+ years of collecting Bloomfield, NJ 07003 Picker's Delight - All contents must be sold Mercerville, NJ 08619 Antiques & Primitives Ewing, NJ 08638 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Turn of the Century Furniture Plainfield, NJ 07060 Farmhouse Barn & Attic Sale Trenton, NJ 08691 Find more Estate Sales near you at  estatesales.net

The General's Last Headquarters: Rockingham Written by NJ Historian Sometimes when a historic home is moved, it loses its sense of place and some historic value. But when that home was used by General George Washington and has the distinction of being his last headquarters during the Revolutionary War, historians make exceptions. Rockingham has not been moved once or twice, but three times throughout its life. This simple, two-and-a-half story structure now sits on twenty-six acres of land, its final resting place. The story of Rockingham involves many, not just those during the American Revolution, but those individuals who worked to preserve this historic structure. Originally located on the Georgetown-Franklin Turnpike, the first section of Rockingham was built circa 1710 by the Higgins family. In 1735, John Berrien purchased the house and about one hundred acres. John Berrien served as a Somerset County Judge in 1739, Trustee for the College of New Jersey (today Pri

Every Monday, I highlight a non-profit related to history or the arts, a historical society, preservation group or friends group whose main objective is to promote the historical and artistic history of New Jersey.  This week, I am featuring the Rockingham Association. The Rockingham Association was incorporated in 1964 as the NJ State-recognized, non-profit auxiliary organization to Rockingham State Historic Site. The Association sponsors various programs and events throughout the year. The Association is also raising funding to erect an eighteenth century barn and other auxiliary farm buildings such as anwagon house and hay barracks on the grounds of Rockingham.  For information on becoming a member of the Rockingham Association, please call the office at 609-683-7132,  visit  http://rockingham.net/rockinghamassociation.html  or e-mail  rmhistory1783@aol.com .  If you are a member of a non-profit organization or know of one that you would like to see featured on this site,

Items up on eBay this week! Click on each link for the eBay page! More items always going up. Stay updated about new items on  Facebook . Vintage Gas Station Receipts Miss Stephens' Road Trip Yellowstone National Park Vintage Reproduction Kodachromes Vintage Wyoming Souvenir The Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming San Antonio, Texas Collectible San Jose Mission Nevada Souvenir Booklet 10 Plastichrome Reproductions Indianapolis, Indiana Ross Motel & Inn Vintage Postcard Conley's Motel Postcard Pittsburgh, PA

WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  email  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday, September 22 - Tuckerton, Ocean County 3rd Annual Seaport Antique Car & Truck Show On Saturday, see over 100 antique and classic cars and trucks on display between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. The Tuckerton Seaport is holding this event In conjunction with the Vintage Auto Museum of New Jersey. There will be judging and an awards ceremony. In case of rain, the event will be moved to Sunday, September 23. Admission: adults, $5; Children 6 to 12, $3; Children 5 and under, Free; Members, Free. The Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen's Museum is located at 120 West Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ. For more information call 609-296-8868 or visit  www.TuckertonSeaport.org . ----------------------------------- Saturday, September 22 - Farmingdale, Monmouth County Annual Fall Crafter