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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, July 30  - Morristown, Morris County Soldier at the Huts Children Friendly Event Learn about the life of a common soldier during the winter encampment and see the clothing, equipment, and weapons that a soldier used as you visit the replica soldier huts of the Pennsylvania Line. Stop by the Soldier Huts from 1:30 - 4:30 pm within Jockey Hollow at Morristown National Historical Park, 580 Tempe Wick Road, Morristown NJ (address is approximate). This is a FREE event. For more information, call 973-543-4030 or visit  www.nps.gov/morr .

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Rally To Preserve the Heart of Flemington’s Historic Main Street Saturday, August 6, 2016 Are buildings taller than Hunterdon Medical Center appropriate for Main Street, Flemington? That’s twice the height of Main Street’s Newmarket buildings, where Market Roost and 55 Main Street restaurants are located. Friends of Historic Flemington say, “No!”

Philadelphia's Physick House In June of this year I featured Cape May's Emlen Physick Estate , home to the esteemed landowner, gentleman farmer, philanthropist, and medical doctor who never practiced, Emlen Physick. Word of my visit reached another Physick House - the one belonging to his grandfather, Dr. Philip Syng Physick - and I was invited to tour this very historic home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Washington Crossing Historic Park (PA) Recruiting  Rowers for December Crossing Reenactments Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania is seeking rowers and boat crew members for its annual reenactments of George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River in December. Interested men and women can find out more at an informational meeting on Tuesday, August 2, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm at the Continental Tavern, located at 2 North Main Street in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

"Gaetano Federici: Sculptor" Exhibit at Lambert Castle Now on Display The Passaic County Historical Society is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit, "Gaetano Federici: Sculptor." This exhibition is the final stage of a three and half year conservation project initiated by the Society in 2013. Most of the pieces on display were restored through funds generously donated by individuals, organizations and businesses in the Passaic County community.

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Friday - Sunday, July 22 - 24 - Wantage, Sussex County Christmas in July Children Friendly Event The Chinkchewunska Chapter of the DAR is a nonprofit historical group that has presented an Annual Christmas in July event for more than eighteen years - education and fun for the whole family!  Christmas in July is an annual event to make history come alive in Sussex County at the Elias Van Bunschooten Museum, a little-known treasure in Sussex County! This event is an annual "open house" and also the Chinkchewunska Chapter of the DAR's main fundraiser to help maintain the museum. This historic house, listed on both the State and National Registers, will be decorated for Christmas by the Chapter's members and open for complimentary tours by period-costumed docents. The house is a wonderful example of a Dutch

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Searching for Yankee Doodle: Caring for the Sick and Wounded Written by Robert A. Mayers For over 200 years America’s image of the soldiers of the American Revolution was inaccurate! I wrote this book to challenge the myth of the freedom loving nationalistic citizen soldier that was so gratifying to Americans. By probing personal records, and military sources I draw a true picture of the private soldiers, their lives and their motivations, and readers will get some surprises. In the decade that straddled the bicentennial of the nation a small number of historians in different states finally tested the “Golden Myth" of the zealously patriotic yeoman farmer. This research led us all to concur that the popular image of the virtuous citizen-soldier was not the true representation of the common soldier of the American Revolution. We found that the avidly patriotic citizenry of 1775, who rose up at Lexington, Concord, Ticonderoga and Bunker Hill in the first months of the war did

Laced Up in Love: A Tale of Two Weddings  at the Morris County Historical Society Thursday, July 21, 2016 Join Drew University Ph.D. candidate Nicole Rizzuto as she describes the late 19th century marriages of Acorn Hall’s Mary Crane to John Hone IV with Florence Vanderbilt to Hamilton Twombly in a special presentation at Acorn Hall. On Thursday, July 21 at 1:00 pm, Ms. Rizzuto will reveal the lifestyles, marriages, and motherhood of these notable Morris County women; the “upper middle class” Crane marriage to the “old money” Hones of New York as contrasted to the financial opulence displayed by the “new money” Vanderbilts. This presentation is inspired by the Society’s current exhibit Fine, Fancy, and Fashionable: 125 Years Dressing the Bride, which features a fashion timeline represented by 30 historic wedding gowns, bridal attire, and memorabilia. This presentation is also part of the Jeanne Watson Memorial Speakers Program, a continuing lecture series created by the Morris C

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, July 16 - Mount Holly, Burlington County The Roebling Legacy, presented by Clifford Zink The Roebling story is a classic American saga, spanning the continent and the more than 200 years since the birth of John A. Roebling in 1806. The Roeblings built the Brooklyn Bridge – the “universal symbol of New York” – and the great cables on the George Washington and Golden Gate Bridges.  On Saturday at 1:00 pm, learn more about about the Roeblings with  Clifford W. Zink, author of The Roebling Legacy . Clifford W. Zink is a historic preservation consultant based in Princeton, New Jersey, and an historian specializing in architectural, industrial, engineering, and landscape history. He received an M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.   Pr

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WWII Memories in Cape May: Fire Control Tower No. 23 Rising up from the sands as you approach Sunset Beach in Cape May, New Jersey is a tall conical concrete tower with a few windows and two rows of slit-like windows at the top. A mystery structure for many years as it sat abandoned amongst the sand dunes, scrub pines and holly, this World War II lookout tower, officially called Fire Control Tower No. 23, is now dedicated to preserving the memories of World War II, its veterans, and the war's impact along the Jersey shore.

Local Author Creates New Book About High Bridge, NJ with Vintage Postcards Available Now

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, July 9  - Princeton, Mercer County Stony Brook Walking Tour Following a portion of the trail George Washington took from Trenton to the Princeton Battlefield, this tour includes stops at the Stony Brook Meeting House and cemetery. Admission: $5 per person and includes farmhouse museum admission. Tours begin  at the Updike Farmstead farmhouse, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton, NJ at 2:00 pm and ends at 3:30 pm. Space is limited. For more information and to reserve  tickets , call 609-921-6748 or visit  www.princetonhistory.org . ----------------------------------- Saturday, July 9 - Chester, Morris County Sail, Sail Your Boat Children Friendly Event & Site Decorate boats and sail them in the tail-race at the Cooper Gristmill in Morris County from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Please wear closed-toe shoes or boots. Co

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Morristown National Historical Park Summer Hours July 1 - August 31, 2016 The National Park Service at Morristown National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will begin its seven-day-a-week, summer hours of operation on July 1, 2016. Both the Washington’s Headquarters Museum and Jockey Hollow Visitor Center buildings will be open daily from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.