NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 3/7/15 - 3/8/15
NJ WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS
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Saturday, March 7 - Princeton, Mercer County
Community Days at Updike Farmstead
Children Friendly
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Special activities for March 7: Families are invited to visit between 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm to learn more about Boys and Girls Clubs, take a short guided tour of the Farmstead, and make a craft. Presentations will be at 12:30 and 1:30 pm. Tours at 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm, and 2:00 pm.
Updike Farmstead, a community resource offering education, timeless beauty and wonder, is open the first Saturday each month from 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm. Special themed activities are planned each month, including walking tours, workshops and crafts for children.
Admission is $4, and includes all exhibits and activities. Bring a camera to capture the incredible beauty of this historic site, surrounded by acres of preserved farmland.
The Updike Farmstead is situated in the Princeton Battlefield/Stony Brook Settlement Historic District at 354 Quaker Road, Princeton, NJ. For more information, call 609-921-6748 or visit www.princetonhistory.org.
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Saturday, March 7 - Freehold, Monmouth County
Open Hearth Cooking and Open House
Children Friendly
Monmouth County Historical Association invites the public to enjoy Open Hearth Open House at the Covenhoven House on Saturday from 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm. Come and observe eighteenth-century style cooking over the blazing open hearth. Visitors will see food being made from authentic "receipts" provided by our hearth cook. This Open Hearth program will feature asparagus soup, roasted and stewed ducks, apple fritters, and corn pancakes. As you take a guided tour of the house stories of families living the Colonial Life will be told. The tour will include a demonstration of how tea was served in the eighteenth century.
Guided tours of this preserved landmark house, built in 1752 for William and Elizabeth Covenhoven will be provided. The Covenhoven House later served as headquarters for British General Sir Henry Clinton before the Battle of Monmouth in June of 1778.
Admission is free - bring the family. The Covenhoven House is located at 150 West Main Street in Freehold near the Route 9 overpass. Parking is available at Grace Lutheran Church at the corner of West Main Street and Business Route 33. For more information, call 732-462-1466 or visit www.monmouthhistory.org.
Children Friendly
Guided tours of this preserved landmark house, built in 1752 for William and Elizabeth Covenhoven will be provided. The Covenhoven House later served as headquarters for British General Sir Henry Clinton before the Battle of Monmouth in June of 1778.
Admission is free - bring the family. The Covenhoven House is located at 150 West Main Street in Freehold near the Route 9 overpass. Parking is available at Grace Lutheran Church at the corner of West Main Street and Business Route 33. For more information, call 732-462-1466 or visit www.monmouthhistory.org.
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Saturday, March 7 - Hopewell Township, Mercer County
Winter Kitchen
Children Friendly
On Saturday, Howell Living Farm's circa 1900 kitchen will be open to the public, offering visitors a chance to experience sights, smells, and tastes of a bygone era. Cooking activities, recipe sampling and hands-on experiences are planned for all.
During the morning, a restored Glenwood Stove will be used to prepare a meal that farmers would have had for their noontime dinner. In the afternoon, we’ll be baking “goodies” in the wood stove oven. The menu features recipes from the Pleasant Valley Historic District.
Visitors young and old will have opportunities to help in the kitchen - doing everything from collecting wood for the fire to churning butter. Those visitors who want to help outside the kitchen can contribute by gathering eggs from the henhouse for baking, splitting wood, and gathering kindling to keep the stove going. Inside help will be needed to prepare the vegetables, peel apples, wash dishes, and make biscuits. Helpers can also darn socks, help repair the horse blanket, and crochet or knit.
Howell Living Farm represents typical farm life between 1890 and 1910. The farm is operated by the Mercer County Parks Commission. It is located at 70 Wooden's Lane, Lambertville, NJ. For more information. call 609-737-3299 or visit www.howellfarm.org.
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The Ridgewood Historical Society and the Schoolhouse Museum are pleased to be opening their new exhibit, Hemlines, opening on Sunday. This exhibit features women's hats, shoes, handbags, jewelry, furs, wedding attire, and fabulous dresses from 1900 to 1969. Hemlines will run through the end of July. The Schoolhouse Museum is open Thursdays and Saturdays from 1:00 - 3:00 pm and Sundays from 2:00 - 4:0 pm. Hemlines is a "must see" exhibit for anyone interested in fashion! The Schoolhouse Museum is located at 650 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. For more information, call 201-447-3242 or visit www.ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org.
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Sunday, March 8 - Cape May Court House, Cape May County
Celebrate Women's History Month
Freeholder E. Marie Hayes and the Cape May County Culture & Heritage Commission invite you to participate in "Corresponding Women" to celebrate Women's History Month. The exhibit features the paintings, drawings, and letter correspondence of two local artists. Cheryl Crews writes from her home studio in the Jersey Cape. Barbara Maxwell corresponds from her home studio in the Pines of Sweetwater, Atlantic County.
As dedicated artists and communicators, they share their agonies and ecstasies of Art Making as they aim to bring form to their personal experiences and expressions. The letter correspondence began in October 2011, and they have exchanged more than 3,000 letters, profusely illustrated. In addition to the art and letters of the artists, the exhibit will include letters from women in history.
The public is invited to the opening reception of "Corresponding Women: First Letter Stringing Bee and Pot Luck" on Sunday, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the Thomas Beesley House, 605 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ - just south of the Cape May County Park and Zoo. The letters will be strung with red ribbon and will become part of the exhibit installation. The public is invited to help string the letters for the exhibit. Men as well as women are encouraged to participate. The letters that are strung will help the artists create a major exhibit for Atlantic Cape Community College in the fall. Be part of women's history in the making. Bring along some food to share.
For more information, please contact the Division of Culture & Heritage at culture@co.cape-may.nj.us or call 609-463-6415.
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To celebrate Women's History Month, the Cranford Historical Society presents "Cranford's Prominent Women," a PowerPoint presentation by Women's Studies Historian Christine Glazer on Sunday at the Crane-Phillips House Museum, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. The program will start promptly at 2:15 pm.
The program will depict Cranford residents who were active in the early progressive movements for women's rights, temperance, pure food and drugs, authors, civil leaders, and educators. These women include Alice Lakey, Elizabeth Bates, Dr. Deborah Wolfe and Honore Willsie-Morrow.
Admission is free but reservations are required. To reserve your seat, please call the Historical Society's office at 908-276-0082 or e-mail cranfordhistoricalsociety@verizon.net.
The Cranford Historical Society was founded in 1927 with a mission to preserve the unique history of Cranford, New Jersey. The Society maintains the Crane-Phillips House Living Museum, an important costume collection, and archives. For more information, call 908-376-0082 or visit www.cranfordhistoricalsociety.com.
Enjoy a 1.9 mile, two-hour walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus as you learn about historic sites in the area, including Bainbridge House, Nassau Hall, the University Chapel, and Palmer Square. The early history of Princeton, the founding of the University, and the American Revolution are just some of the stories from Princeton’s history that you will learn on your tour.
Admission: $7 per adult; $4 children ages 6 to 12; free for children age 5 and under. Tickets are sold at Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ justifying at 12:00 noon. Tour begins at 2:00 pm and ends at 4:00 pm. Space is limited. For more information, call 609-921-6748 or visit www.princetonhistory.org.
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During the morning, a restored Glenwood Stove will be used to prepare a meal that farmers would have had for their noontime dinner. In the afternoon, we’ll be baking “goodies” in the wood stove oven. The menu features recipes from the Pleasant Valley Historic District.
Visitors young and old will have opportunities to help in the kitchen - doing everything from collecting wood for the fire to churning butter. Those visitors who want to help outside the kitchen can contribute by gathering eggs from the henhouse for baking, splitting wood, and gathering kindling to keep the stove going. Inside help will be needed to prepare the vegetables, peel apples, wash dishes, and make biscuits. Helpers can also darn socks, help repair the horse blanket, and crochet or knit.
Howell Living Farm represents typical farm life between 1890 and 1910. The farm is operated by the Mercer County Parks Commission. It is located at 70 Wooden's Lane, Lambertville, NJ. For more information. call 609-737-3299 or visit www.howellfarm.org.
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Sunday, March 8 - Madison, Morris County
In High Spirits: Drinking Wine and Liquor in the 1830s
The Friends of Mead Hall welcome the public to Mead Hall at Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ for a talk, "In High Spirits: Drinking Wine and Liquor in the 1830s," on Sunday at 3:00 pm.
Drinking a different wine with every course of your meal was considered the height of elegance during the time the Gibbons family lived in Mead Hall. Mr. Gibbons had a notoriously well-stocked cellar, and from his accounts, it is clear that he enjoyed many of the popular wines of the times: from Claret to Madeira to "Champaign." He also seems to have consumed beer-quite different from the kind we drink today-and alcoholic cider, which in those times people sometimes had for breakfast.
Jennifer Scanlan, a New York-based wine independent curator focusing on historical and contemporary decorative arts and designs will discuss the many kinds of wine and spirits that might have appeared on the table in Mead Hall. The talk is followed by a wine-tasting reception, when some of the types of drinks known to Gibbons in the pre-Civil War period of the 19th century can be sampled. The event is free for all Friends of Mead Hall members or $10.00 for non-members.
Mead Hall is an outstanding example of the Greek revival style, built in 1833-36 by William Gibbons as a country home. In 1867, "the Forest" was purchased by Daniel Drew for the founding of the Methodist seminary and renamed Mead Hall after his wife. Today Mead Hall serves as an administrative center for Drew University. For more information, call 973-805-8855 or visit www.drew.edu/fomh.
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In High Spirits: Drinking Wine and Liquor in the 1830s
The Friends of Mead Hall welcome the public to Mead Hall at Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ for a talk, "In High Spirits: Drinking Wine and Liquor in the 1830s," on Sunday at 3:00 pm.
Drinking a different wine with every course of your meal was considered the height of elegance during the time the Gibbons family lived in Mead Hall. Mr. Gibbons had a notoriously well-stocked cellar, and from his accounts, it is clear that he enjoyed many of the popular wines of the times: from Claret to Madeira to "Champaign." He also seems to have consumed beer-quite different from the kind we drink today-and alcoholic cider, which in those times people sometimes had for breakfast.
Jennifer Scanlan, a New York-based wine independent curator focusing on historical and contemporary decorative arts and designs will discuss the many kinds of wine and spirits that might have appeared on the table in Mead Hall. The talk is followed by a wine-tasting reception, when some of the types of drinks known to Gibbons in the pre-Civil War period of the 19th century can be sampled. The event is free for all Friends of Mead Hall members or $10.00 for non-members.
Mead Hall is an outstanding example of the Greek revival style, built in 1833-36 by William Gibbons as a country home. In 1867, "the Forest" was purchased by Daniel Drew for the founding of the Methodist seminary and renamed Mead Hall after his wife. Today Mead Hall serves as an administrative center for Drew University. For more information, call 973-805-8855 or visit www.drew.edu/fomh.
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Sunday, March 8 - Bridgewater, Somerset County
Alexander Hamilton: Washington’s Indispensable Partner
On Sunday, in this fascinating talk presented by Rand Scholet, you’ll learn the depth, breadth and significance of the many contributions of one of our Founding Fathers and chief aide to Washington. Rand Scholet is founder of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Association. In recent years, he has dedicated his life to reading, researching and analyzing what our Founding Fathers accomplished and how, with a particular expertise in all things Hamiltonian. This program is free, but space is limited and reservations are suggested. The program runs from 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the Van Horne House, 941 East Main Street, Bridgewater, NJ. For more information and to register, call 732-356-8856 or visit www.heritagetrail.org.
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Sunday, March 8 - Lambertville, Hunterdon County
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Sunday, March 8 - Lambertville, Hunterdon County
Home Renovation Presentation
Get inspired to start the spring by working on those house projects. Three Lambertville home owners share their stories and advice on how to renovate an older home. The program will take place from 1:00 - 3:30 pm at the Lambertville House - 1812 Room, 32 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. Admission: $5.00 for non-members and free to members of the society.
This will be a panel presentation with time for questions. Presenting will be local homeowners: Holly Havens, Lauren and Kyle Braun-Strumfels, and Laurie and Mark Weinstein. For more information, visit www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
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This will be a panel presentation with time for questions. Presenting will be local homeowners: Holly Havens, Lauren and Kyle Braun-Strumfels, and Laurie and Mark Weinstein. For more information, visit www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org.
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Sunday, March 8 through July 2015 - Ridgewood, Bergen County
"Hemlines" Exhibit Opening
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Celebrate Women's History Month
As dedicated artists and communicators, they share their agonies and ecstasies of Art Making as they aim to bring form to their personal experiences and expressions. The letter correspondence began in October 2011, and they have exchanged more than 3,000 letters, profusely illustrated. In addition to the art and letters of the artists, the exhibit will include letters from women in history.
The public is invited to the opening reception of "Corresponding Women: First Letter Stringing Bee and Pot Luck" on Sunday, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the Thomas Beesley House, 605 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ - just south of the Cape May County Park and Zoo. The letters will be strung with red ribbon and will become part of the exhibit installation. The public is invited to help string the letters for the exhibit. Men as well as women are encouraged to participate. The letters that are strung will help the artists create a major exhibit for Atlantic Cape Community College in the fall. Be part of women's history in the making. Bring along some food to share.
For more information, please contact the Division of Culture & Heritage at culture@co.cape-may.nj.us or call 609-463-6415.
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Sunday, March 8 - Cranford, Union County
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The program will depict Cranford residents who were active in the early progressive movements for women's rights, temperance, pure food and drugs, authors, civil leaders, and educators. These women include Alice Lakey, Elizabeth Bates, Dr. Deborah Wolfe and Honore Willsie-Morrow.
Admission is free but reservations are required. To reserve your seat, please call the Historical Society's office at 908-276-0082 or e-mail cranfordhistoricalsociety@verizon.net.
The Cranford Historical Society was founded in 1927 with a mission to preserve the unique history of Cranford, New Jersey. The Society maintains the Crane-Phillips House Living Museum, an important costume collection, and archives. For more information, call 908-376-0082 or visit www.cranfordhistoricalsociety.com.
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Sunday, March 8 - Trenton, Mercer County
On Sunday, The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion will host a textile lecture in conjunction with the exhibit "Ties That Bind: Aprons of Trenton." One of two talks on successive weekends, it constitute a symposium on the Meaning and Social Significance of Aprons.
The first talk, on Sunday at 1:00 pm, entitled "Yes, Aprons Are a Symbol. But of What?" will be a Q&A by Exhibit Co-Curator David Bosted. The drama of costume depends in part on its symbolic value. Members of the Princeton Rug Society will attend to give their views on the aprons as textile art, and to place these textiles in an international context. Attendees are invited to wear an apron which they feel has special significance.
The "Ties That Bind" exhibit at Ellarslie will continue until March 15, 2015. This nostalgic exhibit includes aprons loaned by Trenton residents present and past. Featured are aprons associated with church picnics, classroom art projects, the industrial workers who kept the city in business and the homemakers who made holiday meals and memories for generations. The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie, is located in Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ. For more information, call 609-989-3632 or visit www.ellarslie.org.
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"Yes, Aprons Are a Symbol. But of What?"
On Sunday, The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion will host a textile lecture in conjunction with the exhibit "Ties That Bind: Aprons of Trenton." One of two talks on successive weekends, it constitute a symposium on the Meaning and Social Significance of Aprons.
The first talk, on Sunday at 1:00 pm, entitled "Yes, Aprons Are a Symbol. But of What?" will be a Q&A by Exhibit Co-Curator David Bosted. The drama of costume depends in part on its symbolic value. Members of the Princeton Rug Society will attend to give their views on the aprons as textile art, and to place these textiles in an international context. Attendees are invited to wear an apron which they feel has special significance.
The "Ties That Bind" exhibit at Ellarslie will continue until March 15, 2015. This nostalgic exhibit includes aprons loaned by Trenton residents present and past. Featured are aprons associated with church picnics, classroom art projects, the industrial workers who kept the city in business and the homemakers who made holiday meals and memories for generations. The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie, is located in Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ. For more information, call 609-989-3632 or visit www.ellarslie.org.
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Sunday, March 8 - Holmdel, Monmouth County
Blacksmithing Demonstration
Children Friendly
On Sunday, visit Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel to take a step back in time to watch blacksmiths perform their craft. They will be shaping iron into everyday products. Blacksmiths were as common as an auto mechanic in towns and on farms of the 1890s. This free event runs from 1:00 - 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.
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Sunday, March 8 - Princeton, Mercer County
Historic Princeton Walking Tour
Children Friendly
Admission: $7 per adult; $4 children ages 6 to 12; free for children age 5 and under. Tickets are sold at Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ justifying at 12:00 noon. Tour begins at 2:00 pm and ends at 4:00 pm. Space is limited. For more information, call 609-921-6748 or visit www.princetonhistory.org.
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Sunday, March 8 - Montclair, Essex County
House Tours and Hearth Cooking Demonstration
House Tours and Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Family Friendly
Step back through over 200 years of American history at Montclair's historic properties at 108 Orange Road. Visit the newly reinterpreted Crane House to reflect the YWCA period from 1920 - 1965, check out the farm, and meet the chickens. This Sunday, there will also be a hearth cooking demonstration and tasting. The site is open from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.
Free-will donation. Free admission for members! The Shultz House (Evergreens) will be closed for the season, reopening Spring 2015. For more information, call 973-744-1796, e-mail mail@montclairhistorical.org, or visit www.montclairhistorical.org.
Free-will donation. Free admission for members! The Shultz House (Evergreens) will be closed for the season, reopening Spring 2015. For more information, call 973-744-1796, e-mail mail@montclairhistorical.org, or visit www.montclairhistorical.org.
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Sunday, March 8 - Greenwich, Cumberland County
Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History
Charles H. Harrison is the third author in the Cumberland County Historical Society's "Meet the Author" Winter Series. He will discuss some of the highlights of Cumberland County's history included in his book, such as the founding of the glass industry and LIFE Magazine's calling Seabrook Farms the biggest of its kind in the world. The book also contains stories from the county's many municipalities. This program, sponsored by the Cumberland County Historical Society, is free and open to the public. It begins at 2:00 pm at the Warren and Reba Lummis Genealogical & Historical Library, 981 Ye Greate Street, Greenwich, NJ.
Mr. Harrison is the co-author or author of eleven non-fiction books. His most recent books are Growing a Global Village: Making History at Seabrook Farms; Tending the Garden State: Preserving Agriculture in New Jersey; A History of Salem County, NJ: Tomatoes and TNT; and Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. Mr. Harrison is also the author of four novels: No Longer Warriors which was produced as a play by a professional theatre company in 2007; Boardwalk Ambush; Dancing 'Round the Liberty Tree; and Blood in Alloways Creek.
Mr. Harrison, a retired daily newspaper reporter and editor, now is a freelance writer for magazines. Recent articles have appeared in GRIT, Planning, Inside Jersey and New Jersey Monthly. For more than 25 years, Mr. Harrison was an adjunct professor of journalism at Glassboro State, now Rowan University. He is the author of the textbook How to Write for Magazines.
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Mr. Harrison is the co-author or author of eleven non-fiction books. His most recent books are Growing a Global Village: Making History at Seabrook Farms; Tending the Garden State: Preserving Agriculture in New Jersey; A History of Salem County, NJ: Tomatoes and TNT; and Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. Mr. Harrison is also the author of four novels: No Longer Warriors which was produced as a play by a professional theatre company in 2007; Boardwalk Ambush; Dancing 'Round the Liberty Tree; and Blood in Alloways Creek.
Mr. Harrison, a retired daily newspaper reporter and editor, now is a freelance writer for magazines. Recent articles have appeared in GRIT, Planning, Inside Jersey and New Jersey Monthly. For more than 25 years, Mr. Harrison was an adjunct professor of journalism at Glassboro State, now Rowan University. He is the author of the textbook How to Write for Magazines.
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Sunday, March 8 - Hammonton, Atlantic County
Lines on the Pines
On Sunday, attend the 10th Annual Lines on the Pines - a gathering of artists, authors and artisans whose passion is the Pine Barrens of New Jersey! Enjoy a wonderful day meeting Pine Barrens authors, artists and artisans! Over fifty talented Pine Barrens People will be on hand to sign their books, display their artwork or craft, play their music and in general, share their love of the Pine Barrens! The event runs from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm at Kerri Brooke Caterers, 755 South White Horse Pike / Route 30, Hammonton, NJ. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.linesonthepines.org.
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Through Sunday, March 8 - Montclair, Essex County