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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 1  - Princeton, Mercer County History Bike Tour on the D&R Canal Towpath On Saturday at 10:00 am, take a history bike tour on the D&R Canal towpath from Kingston to Griggstown and back, 10 miles round trip. Explore the structures along the D&R Canal with Canal Watch trustee Bob Barth. Meet at the locktender's home in Kingston at 10:00 am. Bring water; helmet required. For more information, call Bob Barth at 201-401-3121 or e-mail bbarth@att.net . ----------------------------------- Saturday, July 1  - Hopewell Township, Mercer County Ice Cream Party Children Friendly Event and Site On Saturday, Howell Living History Farm in...

Community Picnic & Field of Honor® in Bedminster's River Road Park Sunday, July 2, 2017 On Sunday, July 2, the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum will welcome Congressman Leonard Lance, local officials, veterans, West Point alumni, and the public to a community picnic, featuring a Field of Honor® display of 200 3’ x 5’ American flags, at River Road Park from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Live musical entertainment will be provided by the popular New Jersey band Hoi Polloi.  Admission is free, and food and beverages will be available for purchase. Connor Sweeney, of Gladstone, and Emily Ray, of Bedminster stroll through last year's Field of Honor® in River Road Park, Bedminster. Photo courtesy Debbie Weisman.

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 ! Antique Collectibles Lambertville, NJ Estate Sale Lambertville, NJ  08530 10:00 am - 5:00 pm  Friday & Saturday

Ringwood Manor July 4th Holiday Declaration of Independence and Colonial Celebration Tuesday, July 4, 2017 The historic and educational event celebrates its 18th year! The staff at Ringwood Manor is thrilled to once again announce the details for the annual Declaration of Independence celebration! Tuesday, July 4, 2017 marks the event's 18th year, having become an exciting and educational tradition for many families in the northern New Jersey area. The highlight of the event is a dramatic delivery and reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of the Manor's porch along with colonial crafters, activities, and demonstrations. The front lawn of the Manor is transformed into a colonial town square with Revolutionary War reenactors from New Jersey Militia- Heard's Brigade, the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment, Outwater's Militia, the Friends of Long Pond Ironworks, and individual volunteers. All help to celebrate the 241st anniversary of American independence ...

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, June 24  - Princeton, Mercer County Vintage Base Ball in Princeton Calling all baseball-lovers and history-buffs: the Historical Society of Princeton will present its annual 19th century "base ball" game on Saturday starting at 11:00 am at Greenway Meadows Park, 275 Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ. The event is free and open to all; spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Part game, part show, part history lesson and ALL fun, the Flemington Neshanock and the Talbot Fairplays Base Ball Club of Maryland will play a competitive match of bare-handed baseball, wearing period uniforms and using rules from 1864 or 1873. The event will also i...

34th Annual Whitesbog Blueberry Festival Saturday and Sunday, June 24 - 25, 2017 Come celebrate the kickoff to blueberry harvest season with two days filled with food, crafts, history, games and live entertainment brought to you by the Whitesbog Preservation Trust. New this year you can take a spin in front of the music stage with country dancing and add your own flair to our new Whitesbog mural painting in the Family Activities area. All ages welcome. Whitesbog Historic Village GPS: 799 Lakehurst Rd., Browns Mills, NJ 08015 Pemberton Township, Burlington County Hours: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday and Sunday Get your blueberry on with selections of pies, cakes, muffins, donuts, fritters, and more at our baked goods table. The General Store will also offer blueberry ice cream, sundaes, and cold drinks. Also enjoy: ★ Brother Bear BBQ ★ Rita’s Water Ice ★ Big Daddy’s Chicken and Ribs ★ 3 Guys Rolling Pies Pizza

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 ! Antique Books & Collectible Glass Midland Park, NJ Estate Sale Midland Park, NJ  07432 11:00 am - 5:00 pm  Friday & Saturday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sunday

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, June 17   - Middletown, Monmouth County Monmouth County Historical Association Collecting Stories on 6/17 for Upcoming Exhibition to Mark Fifth Anniversary of Sandy On Saturday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, the Monmouth County Historical Association invites members of the community to come to the Taylor-Butler House (located at 127 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ) to share stories, artifacts, and photographs for a forthcoming exhibit titled Turning Tides: Stories from Superstorm Sandy. This exhibition will open in October at the museum to mark the fifth anniversary of the Storm making landfall along our shores. It will explore the impact of this record storm and its effects on the people and on communities in thi...

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 ! Star Trek TOS Collectibles Raritan, NJ Estate Sale Raritan, NJ 08869 9:00 am - 3:00 pm  Friday

“Land, Faith and Slaves: The shared heritage of the Hardenbergh family, Rutgers University, and the Dutch Reformed Church”  Saturday, June 17, 2017 On Saturday, June 17, at 2:30 pm at the Old Dutch Parsonage, speakers from Rutgers University and Rutgers Theological Seminary will explore the slave-holding history of Rutgers’ founders. The Rev. Jacob Hardenbergh, principal founder of Rutgers University, was an outspoken proponent of American freedom. Yet he was also a slave owner, for slavery pervaded the social and religious world in which he lived. Join archivists and faculty from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary and Rutgers University as they explore the connections between the Hardenbergh family of New York and New Jersey and the great African American abolitionist leader Sojourner Truth, at one time their slave; the stories of other early slave-holding leaders of Rutgers College, and the history of Rutgers and Dutch Reformed circles during the Revolutionary War and ...

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, June 10 - Mount Laurel, Burlington County Tour Paulsdale Paulsdale is open to the public for Second Saturday Tours at 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm. Paulsdale is the birthplace of Quaker suffragist Alice Paul. Tours include a 15-minute presentation about Alice Paul's life and work and a guided tour of the first floor of the property where visitors learn about the Paul family's daily life in the house and its present day use as a girl's leadership center. Tours are $5.00 per person. Paulsdale is located at 128 Hooton Road, Mount Laurel, NJ. For information about group tours or future tour dates, contact the Alice Paul Institute at 856-231-1885, e-mail  info@alicepaul.org , or visit  www.alicepaul.org .

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 ! One Day Sale on a Farm Swedesboro, NJ Estate Sale Swedesboro, NJ 08085 8:00 am - 4:00 pm  Friday

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, June 3 - Haddonfield, Camden County Revolutionary War Skirmish in Haddonfield Children Friendly Event Red Coats and rebels will face off once again when the American Revolution returns to South Jersey for the fourth annual "Skirmish on Kings Highway" on Saturday from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. The event will mark the 239th anniversary of the British encampment in Haddonfield. Revolutionary reenactors - the Second Pennsylvania Regiment - will gather at the Indian King Tavern Museum beginning at 10:00 am. Around 1:00 pm, the Red Coats from the First Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers will march down Kings Highway. When the two groups meet, the skirmish will begin, with the future of the colonies at stake. The fight will last about 30 minutes, and there will be ...

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 ! Antiques Galore Hillsborough, NJ Estate Sale Hillsborough, NJ  08844 9:00 am - 4:00 pm  Friday &  Saturday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Sunday