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New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, February 27  - Roebling, Burlington County Celebrate National Engineering Week & Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day! Children Friendly The Roebling Museum, located in the historic Village of Roebling, NJ, is proud to announce another of its family-friendly programs. On Saturday, we will again celebrate STEAM-science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture and math at the Roebling Museum! This time, in addition to the chance to test simple machines and build bridges and mini-catapults, the museum will offer two new, high-tech  engineering experiences. The K'Nex Transportation Lab will provide visitors the opportunity to try their hand at building their own motorized modes of transportation. Build one vehicle, test it out, take it apart and build again. This fun and challenging experience will encourage p

The Morro Castle Disaster Written by Lisa Lamb On September 7, 1934 a nor’easter was brewing, and the luxury liner Morro Castle was headed to New York, carrying vacationers returning from a trip to Havana, Cuba.  Around 8 p.m., diners aboard the ship were greeted by the terrible news that the captain, Robert Wilmott, had died. The cause was reportedly a heart attack brought on by indigestion. With Captain Wilmott dead, first officer William Warms became acting captain, and he set about guiding the ship safely to port. A few hours later, around 2:50 a.m., the new captain would have to contend with an even greater challenge –a fire was discovered aboard the ship.

New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, February 20  - Franklin Township, Somerset County Meadows Celebrates Black History Month Our second presentation of the year celebrates Black History Month on Saturday from 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the Civil War-era Hageman House at 209 South Middlebush Road, Somerset. Mr. Don Neal, retired educator with the Franklin Township Public Schools will help us learn about the 39 men and women who have been commemorated on stamps by the United States Postal Service in one of its longest-running series. The presentation will include other African Americans on U.S. stamps, stamps that have been issued right here in Franklin Township, and general information on philately or, as it is commonly known, stamp collecting, one of the world's oldest hobbies. The interactive presentation is suitable for the young and young at heart. Refr

Exhibit opening: From Farm to Suburb: The Birth of College Hill Presented by Durand-Hedden House & Garden Sunday, February 21, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm If you live in the College Hill section of Maplewood or the surrounding area, you may have wondered how this neighborhood came to be. It wasn’t always a suburban community and didn’t always feature streets named for famous colleges: Amherst, Bowdoin, Colgate, Harvard, Oberlin, Rutgers, Wellesley and Yale. In fact, the moniker “College Hill” is only as old as the College Hill Neighborhood Association, formed in the 1990s. The birth of College Hill is part of the story of late 19th and early 20th century America. Society was changing, with many seeking to leave crowded, industrialized cities for the country. Maplewood, with its open farmland and easy access to roads and railroads, was an appealing choice for developers and for home buyers. At Durand-Hedden’s exhibit, From Farm to Suburb: the Birth of College Hill , you’ll see map

New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, February 13  - Freehold, Monmouth County Curator-led Workshop on Chairmaking Exhibition Joseph W.  Hammond, Curator of Museum Collections for Monmouth County Historical Association, will host a gallery workshop at 10:30 am on Saturday. The workshop will highlight pieces from the Of the Best Materials and Good Workmanship: 19th Century New Jersey Chairmaking  exhibition now open at the Museum, 70 Court Street in Freehold, NJ.