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NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 11/30/19 - 12/1/19

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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 . Friday,  November 29   - Bedminster, Somerset County Liberty Tree Lighting Children Friendly Event The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House are hosting a tree lighting on Friday at 6:30 pm to kick off the 17th Annual Colonial Christmas celebration, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, December 7 - 8. The tree lighting is free to the community and features caroling with the Harmonium Choral Society and hot chocolate. The Jacobus Vanderveer House is located at 3055 River Road (in Bedminster’s River Road Park), Bedminster, NJ. For more information,  call 908-396-6053 or  visit  www.jvanderveerhouse.org .

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 11/29/19 - 12/1/19

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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 !

NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 11/23/19 - 11/24/19

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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,  November 23  - Morristown, Morris County Creating Color - Natural Dyeing Demonstration Children Friendly Event & Site How did the colonists create color from plants for their clothing and household fabrics? Stop by the Wick House at Jockey Hollow to see a demonstration of natural dyeing using plant materials. Throughout the day (11:00 am - 3:00 pm), we will be preparing the dyebaths  using various natural materials and transforming white wool yarn into various colors. Come and see what colors can be made! Jockey Hollow at Morristown National Historical Park is located at 580 Tempe Wick Road, Morristown NJ (address is approximate). This is a  FREE event. For more information, call...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 11/22/19 - 11/24/19

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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 !

NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 11/16/19 - 11/17/19

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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, November 16  - Lambertville, Hunterdon County From Saigon to Lambertville  with Sandy Hanna On Saturday at 3:00 pm, l ongtime Lambertville resident Sandy Hanna will discuss living in Vietnam from 1960-1962 and present extraordinary artifacts (vintage Vietnamese clothing, revelatory political documents and miscellanea) and paintings. This special event at Marshall House is based on Sandy's memoir,  The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon , published earlier this year. Due to limited space in the Marshall House, RSVP required to  info@lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org . The  Marshall House is located at 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. Admission to the presentation is f ree; there i...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 11/15/19 - 11/17/19

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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 !

"Before Penn: An Illustrated History of The Delaware River Colonies 1609 - 1682" November 2019 Book Giveaway

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NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 11/9/19 - 11/10/19

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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, November 9 and 16  - Lambertville, Hunterdon County From Saigon to Lambertville  with Sandy Hanna On Saturday at 3:00 pm, l ongtime Lambertville resident Sandy Hanna will discuss living in Vietnam from 1960-1962 and present extraordinary artifacts (vintage Vietnamese clothing, revelatory political documents and miscellanea) and paintings. This special event at Marshall House is based on Sandy's memoir, The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon , published earlier this year. Due to limited space in the Marshall House, RSVP required to info@lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org . The  Marshall House is located at 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. Admission to the presentation is f ree; there is a $...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 11/8/19 - 11/10/19

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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 !

Twelfth Annual Armistice Ball - 11/9/19

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Twelfth Annual Armistice Ball Saturday, November 9, 2019 Celebrating the centennial of the end of World War I, the Metropolitan Vintage Dance & Social Club will hold its Twelfth Annual Armistice Ball on Saturday, November 9, from 8:00 - 11:00 pm in the historic Great Hall at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 121 South Street, Morristown, NJ. The Metropolitan Club Orchestra will provide hot dance tunes of the early 20th century. A workshop in dances of the era will be held at the Morristown Masonic Center, 39 Maple Avenue, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm that day. Ball tickets are $40 per person in advance or $45 at the door ($20 in advance/$25 at the door with a student ID). They may be purchased online at  www.armisticeball.com , where additional information may be found as well.