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eBay Items of the Week: 3/31/13 - 4/7/13

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eBay Items of the Week! Click on each link for the eBay page! More items always going up. Stay updated about new items on  Facebook . Vintage Bush Dairy, Inc Receipts Flemington, NJ Rahway, NJ Pay Envelope Savings Institution Bank Envelope   Bamberger's Bedding and Sleep Furniture Pamphlet Vintage Pamphlet Woolco Department Store Receipt - East Brunswick, NJ From September 1968 Vintage Hightstown, NJ Potato Sack MD Potatoes Red Bank, NJ Antique Soda Bottle H.C. Decenring & Co. Two Antique Milk Bottles Great pieces. Art Deco Style Glasses Unique bottles. Four Antique Glass Bottles Small glass bottles. Check out more Antique  Books ,  Bottles ,  Ephemera , &  Tins .

Weekend Historical Happenings: 3/30/13 - 3/31/13

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WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  e-mail  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday, March 30 - Port Norris, Cumberland County Volunteer Training Learn to sail the historic 1928 oyster schooner A. J. Meerwald, and a myriad of other volunteer opportunities from education to waitressing in our cafĂ©, cooking, working in the office, mailings, you name it: if you have a skill or if you have none, we can use you! Discover your hidden talents at this series of learning Saturdays, from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  For more information or to register, contact Laura S. Johnson,  ljohnson@bayshorediscovery.org ; 856-785-2060 ext. 102.  www.bayshorediscovery.org ----------------------------------- Saturday, March 30 - Union Township, Union County Easter Egg Hunt Children will explore the grounds of Liberty Hall searching for plastic eggs hidden through the l

Weekend Estate Sales: 3/29/13 - 3/31/13

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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  e-mail  to be featured in our weekly post! Be the first to know about these sales on  Facebook ! Antique Telephone, Sewing Machine & More North Plainfield, NJ 07060 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Friday Vintage Collectibles Hammonton, NJ 08037 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Friday & Saturday (Same Time) Antique Maps Teaneck, NJ 07666 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Friday & Saturday (Same Time) Find more Estate Sales near you at  estatesales.net

Saving the Grave: Strangers Work to Preserve Swackhammer

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Saving the Grave: Strangers Work to Preserve Swackhammer Written by NJ Historian Abandoned and virtually forgotten for over one hundred years, the Swack Church ruins and Swackhammer Cemetery in Lebanon Township, New Jersey is receiving renewal thanks to a number of volunteers, proving that history is not only what has happened in the past, but in fact can be made in the present. With no budget, a group of volunteers, almost complete strangers, have come together to achieve a common goal, creating a renewed interest in this cemetery and church neglected by time. This page in the history of the Swack Church and Cemetery honors those who are buried there, some marked, some unknown, and creates a new type of meeting place, much like the church provided a meeting place over a hundred years ago. The  Old "Swake Church'' at Mount Bethel was founded in 1844 by Reverend Lambert Swackhamer.  The church was named after   Jacob Swackhammer, the mason who built it.  Jacob wa

Organization of the Week: Friends of Old Swack Church & Cemetery

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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 Friends of Old Swack Church & Cemetery. In January 2013, a few local citizens and descendants of those buried in the Old Swackhammer Church Cemetery teamed up to begin clearing this overgrown and abandoned church and cemetery site in Lebanon Township, NJ. They were quickly joined by interested members of the Union Forge Heritage Association, the Facebook community "Grave Matters," and members of the Association for Gravestone Studies. This group of concerned citizens has worked on weekends throughout 2013 to begin clearing fallen trees, vines, and brush to reveal sunken, broken, and damaged headstones. The Friends of Old Swack Church & Cemetery welcome anyone with an interest in history, cemeteries, or those who just

eBay Items of the Week: 3/24/13 - 3/31/13

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eBay Items of the Week! Click on each link for the eBay page! More items always going up. Stay updated about new items on  Facebook . Vintage Bush Dairy, Inc Receipts Flemington, NJ Rahway, NJ Pay Envelope Savings Institution Bank Envelope   Bamberger's Bedding and Sleep Furniture Pamphlet Vintage Pamphlet Woolco Department Store Receipt - East Brunswick, NJ From September 1968 Vintage Hightstown, NJ Potato Sack MD Potatoes Red Bank, NJ Antique Soda Bottle H.C. Decenring & Co. Two Antique Milk Bottles Great pieces. Art Deco Style Glasses Unique bottles. Four Antique Glass Bottles Small glass bottles. Check out more Antique  Books ,  Bottles ,  Ephemera , &  Tins .

Weekend Historical Happenings: 3/23/13 - 3/24/13

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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 ! Saturdays, March 23 - 30 - Port Norris, Cumberland County Volunteer Training Learn to sail the historic 1928 oyster schooner A. J. Meerwald, and a myriad of other volunteer opportunities from education to waitressing in our cafĂ©, cooking, working in the office, mailings, you name it: if you have a skill or if you have none, we can use you! Discover your hidden talents at this series of learning Saturdays, from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  For more information or to register, contact Laura S. Johnson,  ljohnson@bayshorediscovery.org ; 856-785-2060 ext. 102.  www.bayshorediscovery.org ----------------------------------- Saturday, March 23 - Hancock's Bridge, Salem County Massacre Commemoration The Friends of the Hancock House have worked hard reminding those of the fallen