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NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 2/1/20 - 2/2/20

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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  1 - Harrison Township, Gloucester County Annual Groundhog Day Dinner - SOLD OUT 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 sixteenth year, the supper is a revival of a century-old Harrison Township tradition. The first l...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 1/31/20 - 2/2/20

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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: 1/25/20 - 1/26/20

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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, January 25 - Montague Township, Sussex County Winter Festival - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER  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 story corner, guided winter hike, sing-along, hot cocoa and cookies by the fire, winter weather program, sled dogs, curling, snowshoeing, and ice-fishing demonstrations (conditions permitting). Please park in the gravel lot and walk up to the Interpretive Center. The New Jersey Dog Sled Club will attend and present an education program and sled dog...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 1/24/20 - 1/26/20

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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 !

‘Once in a Hundred Years: The Life & Legacy of Marian Anderson’ Film Screening at Stone Harbor Theatre

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‘Once in a Hundred Years: The Life & Legacy of Marian Anderson’ Film Screening at Stone Harbor Theatre  Friday, February 21, 2019 Join filmmaker Bill Nicoletti and the Friends of the Cape May Music Festival for a screening Friday, on February 21 at 9:00 pm, at the Harbor Square Theatre, of the documentary film, “Once in a Hundred Years: The Life & Legacy of Marian Anderson.” “Once in a Hundred Years” is an award-winning film that tells the story of contralto and civil rights activist Marian Anderson, of Philadelphia, who reached the pinnacle of professional achievement, attaining worldwide fame and an honored place in classical music history, as one of the greatest opera singers of all time. “When I sing, I don’t want people to see that my face is black, I don’t want them to see that my face is white, I want them to see my soul which is colorless.” Marian Anderson The film runs 50 minutes and the screening will include a Q&A with the filmmaker and panel di...

NJ Weekend Historical Happenings: 1/18/20 - 1/19/20

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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 . Sunday, January 18 - Atlantic City, Atlantic County Absecon Lighthouse Turns 163! Children Friendly Absecon Lighthouse, New Jersey's tallest, will host a Birthday Celebration to honor the 163rd birthday of the lighthouse on Saturday with free climbs from 11:00 am - 3:30 pm. If you truly want to "DO AC," then don't miss this opportunity to experience a 360-degree view of Atlantic City's sparkling skyline, and wish a Happy Birthday to Atlantic City's oldest historic structure, as well as the country's third tallest lighthouse. Absecon Lighthouse is a state-owned historic property...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 1/17/20 - 1/19/20

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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: 1/11/20 - 1/12/20

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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, January 11  -  Lebanon Township , Hunterdon County Lebanon Township Museum Art Display Opening Reception Children Friendly Event Join the Lebanon Township Museum this January when the walls of the historic schoolhouse will once again be adorned with student artwork!  Third graders in Nicole Newcomb's class have created magical Northern Lights landscapes that will fascinate and delight. Alex Maxwell's Woodglen Art Club students have masterfully created Teachers' portraits out of colorful M&M candies...

NJ Weekend Estate Sales: 1/10/20 - 1/12/20

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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: 1/4/20 - 1/5/20

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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, January 4  - Sandy Hook, Monmouth County Battery Gunnison/New Peck Restoration Children Friendly Event The Army Ground Forces Association volunteer group will be dressed in WWII era uniform performing restorations projects and interpreting Battery Gunnison/New Peck  and its 6-inch guns  at Sandy Hook, a unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.  Visitors are invited to stop by on this work and training day to chat and learn more about the historic time period of March 1943, the preparation for the...