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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, May 28 - Princeton, Mercer County Washington Returns! Children Friendly Event On Saturday from 11:30 am - 4:00 pm, find out how the Battle of Princeton on that cold winter’s day, January 3, 1777, saved the American Revolution. Military encampment and mini-reenactments of the Battle of Princeton, a critical turning point in the American Revolution and the first battle won by the Continental Army against professional British soldiers. The Second Pennsylvania Regiment will present drills and firing demonstrations with musketry, cannon, fife and drum. As a special feature, we will have Jack Kelly, joining with us, author of Band of Giants ! Band of Giants is a riveting account of those who worked along-side our most well-known founders, bringing to life those dedicated to fighting for our independence! Mr. Kelly has als

New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Friday - Saturday, May 20 - 21 - Vineland, Cumberland County Vineland Founder's Day

NEW JERSEY 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 !

New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, May 14  - Manalapan, Monmouth County Spirits of the Jerseys State History Fair Children Friendly Event and Site

Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair Saturday, May 14, 2016 Free Admission Parking/$10 per vehicle Rain or Shine The Spirit of the Jerseys Returns to Monmouth Battlefield! Experience five centuries of New Jersey’s history all in one place at the annual Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair - a historical festival for all ages on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, New Jersey. This year’s SPIRIT of the JERSEYS State History Fair will be held on Saturday, May 14 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, rain or shine. Five centuries of New Jersey’s history will be represented by exhibitors from all 21 New Jersey counties, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. Highlights of the day’s programs will include an exhibit that features a replica of President Lincoln’s casket with the 14th NJ Volunteers serving as an Honor Guard. A series of historical presentations on such Civil War era topics as music, literature, and

The American Turtle Submarine, George Washington, and Us Written by Robert J. Skead I never knew the first submarine invented for warfare was created during the American Revolution. It wasn’t in any of my history books when I was a child. Had I known about it, my interest in the subject, which was already high (I was in sixth grade in 1976 during the Bicentennial), would have been SKY high. I stumbled on the American Turtle submarine while searching for possible hooks for the second book in our American Revolutionary War Adventure series crafted with my father. Our goal with the books is to inspire kids and adults to do great things, nurture patriotism and educate readers about some “little known” facts or events during the American Revolution. The first book in our series— Patriots, Redcoats & Spies —used the Culper Spy Ring as a hook. When I saw the image of the American Turtle submarine on my computer screen, my eyes widened, and I had that “Aha!” moment. When I tell kids

Camden County History Museum Grand Reopening with New Major Attractions Sunday, May 15, 2016 The Camden County Historical Society invites the public to the Grand Reopening of the Camden County Museum on Sunday, May 15, 2016 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. After a nearly three-year closure of the museum due to water damage, the Camden County Museum has been redesigned and will reopen with new exhibits and displays. One new special feature is an original RCA Victor "Nipper" stained glass window. Also unveiled at this special event will be the Camden City History Mural by local artist Donna Backues, featuring significant aspects of our city's history. Please join CCHS for this grand reopening as we celebrate the past, the present, and the future of Camden County!

2nd Annual Antiques & Artisan Festival in Keyport Historic bayshore borough set for annual celebration of local art, artisans and antiques Saturday, May 21, 2016 The Keyport Bayfront Business Cooperative (KBBC) is set to celebrate the work and wares of the area’s finest antique dealers, artists and artisans at the 2nd Annual Keyport Antiques and Artisan Festival. The celebration takes place in the borough’s historic downtown district on West Front Street and Waterfront Park on Saturday, May 21, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, May 7 - Salem County Open House Tour in Fenwick’s Colony The Salem County Historical Society is pleased to announce that Open House in Fenwick’s Colony, our popular spring open house tour, will be held on Saturday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at historic sites around Salem County. The 2016 Open House Tour will be highlighting historic sites of Southern Salem County, as we travel the old colonial roads from Salem through Alloway Township to Upper Pittsgrove Township. Many of the sites on the tour played a key role in the American fight for freedom - whether freedom to worship according to conscience, freedom from the British during the Revolutionary War, or freedom for refugees from persecution. Visitors will have the chance to tour several 18th Century patterned-brick houses, including this year's featured house, the

NEW JERSEY 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 !

Climbing Cape May's Lighthouse Just shy of 200 steps, climbing the lighthouse at Cape May Point is good exercise and a good history lesson. One of three tall seacoast lighthouses in New Jersey (the others being Absecon and Barnegat ), the present lighthouse was built in 1859 and marks the entrance to the Delaware Bay. However, the current lighthouse was not the first one at Cape May Point. The first recorded lighthouse was built in 1823 and was 68 feet tall. Its walls measured six feet thick at the bottom and two and one-half feet at the top. The property for the first lighthouse was purchased by Congress from Mr. and Mrs. John Stites for $300 and measured one acre. The use of this lighthouse was discontinued May 1, 1847.

John Phillip Osborne: An American Master May 7-8 and May 14-15, 2016 The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House will host a special exhibition and sale of works by American master painter John Phillip Osborne with the J. M. Stringer Gallery of Fine Art (formerly of Bernardsville and now based in Vero Beach, FL). “Patriots in the Snow” Oil on linen panel 16 x 12 in.

Salem County Historical Society’s Open House Tour in Fenwick’s Colony Sunday, May 7, 2016 The Salem County Historical Society is pleased to announce that Open House in Fenwick’s Colony, our popular spring open house tour, will be held on Saturday, May 7, from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at historic sites around Salem County. The 2016 Open House Tour will be highlighting historic sites of Southern Salem County, as we travel the old colonial roads from Salem through Alloway Township to Upper Pittsgrove Township. Many of the sites on the tour played a key role in the American fight for freedom - whether freedom to worship according to conscience, freedom from the British during the Revolutionary War, or freedom for refugees from persecution.