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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 2 - Harrison Township, Gloucester County Annual Groundhog Day Dinner Family Friendly The Harrison Township Historical Society’s Annual Groundhog Day Dinner and Silent Auction is set for Saturday at 6:00 pm at Ewan Fire Hall, 312 Ewan Road, in the village of Ewan near Mullica Hill, NJ. This annual event features “Down Jersey” sausage, sausage gravy and biscuits, coleslaw, mashed potatoes, candied yams, fried apples, green beans, and a dessert buffet. Now in its fifteenth year, the supper is a re

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Passaic County Historical Society Valentine’s Day Masquerade Ball  February 8, 2019 The Passaic County Historical Society is now taking reservations for its Valentine’s Day Masquerade ball scheduled for Friday February 8th, 2019 from 7:00 - 11:00 pm at Lambert Castle. Grab a mask and join us at Lambert Castle for some dancing and fun. Desserts will be served and a cash bar will be available. Semi-formal attire requested and mask required. Tickets are $25 per person. No one under twenty-one years will be admitted. Reservations required by February 4, 2019. To make reservations please call 973-247-0085 ext 201.

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, January 26   -  Montague Township, Sussex County Winter Festival Family Friendly Event Bring the whole family for a day of winter fun at High Point State Park. Activities will include winter-themed crafts, a guided winter hike, sing-a-long and storytelling by the fire, a winter weather program, sled dogs, curling, snowshoeing, and ice-fishing demonstrations (conditions permitting).  Refreshments will be served. Snow Date: Sunday, January 27, 2018. These programs will be held at the H

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Come Celebrate George Washington’s 287th Birthday February 17, 2019 Come celebrate George Washington’s 287th birthday on Sunday, February 17, 2019 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania. Admission is free this year thanks to financial support from The Philadelphia Contributionship.

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, January 19  - Holmdel, Monmouth County Cookstove Demonstration Children Friendly Site & Event O n Saturday, visit Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel to see what is cooking on the woodstove in the out kitchen. Discover how food, recipes, cooking techniques and the kitchen itself has changed since the 1890s. This free event runs from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm.      This event is free. Historic Longstreet Farm is located at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. For more information, call 732-946-3758  or visit 

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An excerpt from  New Jersey: A History of the Garden State Written by Maxine N. Lurie and Richard Veit Excerpt reprinted with permission from Rutgers University Press. The two of us proposed this volume for several reasons. First, as teachers of New Jersey history, we perceived the need for a one-volume book on the state that could be used in our courses as well as in those taught by others in community colleges and universities. Second, it was clear that much had been written and that the interests of scholars had changed in the more than thirty-five years since the last brief history of the state appeared. Obviously, it was time for an update and a synthesis of the new material. Third, the citizens of New Jersey need an overview of the state’s past so that they can understand where it has been and, perhaps, better conceive where it ought to go in the future. At the same time, another purpose has been to place the history of the state in a national context for New Jersey resi

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday,  January 12   - Piscataway, Middlesex County Farming in the Millstone Valley: Past & Present - A 300-Year History Culminates in Local Farm-to-Table Movement Settled by Dutch farmers three centuries ago, the Millstone Valley of central New Jersey was initially located within the original 300 square mile boundaries of Piscataway Township. Learn how farming helped New Jersey earn its “Garden State” nickname, become the breadbasket of a booming New York City metropolis, and bring about today’s farm-to-table movement. This fascinating 300-year-old story about local farming is told in a new documentary film "Farming in the Millstone Valley: Past & Present" on Saturday (snow date January 19), 2:00 - 4:00 pm, at the Metlar-Bodine House Muse

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School Trip Grant Program Returns to Lambert Castle Museum - 2019 The Passaic County Historical Society is proud to announce the school trip grant program is now accepting applications from Passaic County schools, clubs, camps and scout groups interested in subsidized tours of Lambert Castle museum in 2019. The goal of this program is to provide as many school-age children as possible the opportunity to visit Lambert Castle museum and learning about local history. In 2018, 627 children participated in this program and the Historical Society hopes to welcome even more students in 2019.

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday,  January 5 - Friday, February 15  -  East Amwell , Hunterdon County Jim Amon Wildlife Photo Exhibit Family Friendly Camera in hand, Jim Amon heads to the Sourlands whenever he can. Amon, a resident of Lambertville, has a deep and long connection with the Sourlands. In the 1980’s he and three others founded the D&R Greenway Land Trust, who now have nature preserves extending over several hundred acres in the Sourland Region. Then, in 2005, upon retiring after thirty years as Executive Director of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, he became the Director of Stewardship for the D&R Greenway. In that capacity, he did ecological restoration on the Greenway’s nature preserves and built about twenty miles of recreational trails. Upon retirin

An Exhibition of Photographs of Plants and Animals Native to the Sourlands Saturday, January 5, 2019 - Friday, February 15, 2019 Camera in hand, Jim Amon heads to the Sourlands whenever he can. Amon, a resident of Lambertville, has a deep and long connection with the Sourlands. In the 1980’s he and three others founded the D&R Greenway Land Trust, who now have nature preserves extending over several hundred acres in the Sourland Region. Then, in 2005, upon retiring after thirty years as Executive Director of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, he became the Director of Stewardship for the D&R Greenway. In that capacity, he did ecological restoration on the Greenway’s nature preserves and built about twenty miles of recreational trails. Upon retiring from the Greenway he served on the Board of Directors for the Sourland Conservancy. For the last five years, the Conservancy has been publishing “Seeing the Sourlands,” Amon’s monthly photo/essays on the plants and animal

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