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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, August 1  - Wall Township, Monmouth County First August Flea Market The Historic Village at Allaire is hosting a Flea Market as a fundraiser on Saturday from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. The event is held in the Show Field of Allaire State Park. There is $3 per person admission fee for the event and summer parking rules are in effect at the park. With more than 100 vendors displaying new, used, and collectible treasures of all types, there will be something for everyone. Shop all day, visit the on-site food vendor, or spend some time in the Historic Village. The General Store will also be open beginning at 11:00 am (an admission fee applies to visit the village grounds). This event is a fundraiser, benefiting the historic and educational programs presented at the Historic Village at Allaire by the non-profi

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 !

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday,  July 2 5  - Wall Township, Monmouth County July Flea Market The Historic Village at Allaire is hosting a Flea Market as a fundraiser on Saturday from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. The event is held in the Show Field of Allaire State Park. There is $3 per person admission fee for the event and summer parking rules are in effect at the park. With more than 100 vendors displaying new, used, and collectible treasures of all types, there will be something for everyone. Shop all day, visit the on-site food vendor, or spend some time in the Historic Village. The General Store will also be open beginning at 11:00 am (an admission fee applies to visit the village grounds). This event is a fundraiser, benefiting the historic and educational programs presented at the Historic Village at Allaire by the non-profit organ

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 !

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday,  July 18  - Westfield, Union County Westfield Historical Society Walking Tour: Mixed Used and Multi Family Residential Buildings – Do They Fit In? On Saturday from 9:00 - 11:00 am, the seventh in a very popular series of architectural walking tours will take place along Prospect Street and along South Avenue. Scale, proportions, and materiality will be discussed.  The intent of this tour is to look at the diverse architectural styles of mixed use buildings including retail, multi-family residential, and business that exist throughout Westfield’s business district. Gregory Blasi, R.A. local architect and principal of Vincentsen & Blasi Architects and Westfield Historical Society President, will lead the tour and answer questions. Mr. Blasi will discuss how more recent buildings may or may not

  New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday,  July 11  - Wall Township, Monmouth County July Flea Market - CANCELLED The Historic Village at Allaire is hosting a Flea Market as a fundraiser on Saturday, from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. The event is held in the Show Field of Allaire State Park. There is $2 per person admission fee for the event and summer parking rules are in effect at the park. With more than 100 vendors displaying new, used, and collectible treasures of all types, there will be something for everyone. Shop all day, visit the on-site food vendor, or spend some time in the Historic Village. The General Store will also be open beginning at 11:00 am (an admission fee applies to visit the village grounds). This event is a fundraiser, benefiting the historic and educational programs presented at the Historic Village at Allaire by the non-

An Excerpt from A Rock Solid History of Hawthorne, New Jersey Written by  Veronica MacDonald Ditko 1 THE EARLY DAYS Hawthorne may be the place where you live or visit, but did you know that the ground and many things surrounding you tell a story of the land that goes back billions of years? It is through the science of rocks, geology , that you can learn about this history. And what an interesting history it is. The rocks are pretty awesome too. The land here was formed from volcanoes. But they were not the cone volcanoes you see in Hawaii, Japan, or Pompeii, Italy; rather the lava oozed out of fissures , or cracks, in the Ramapo Mountains. Imagine living in a desert about 200 million years ago, with alps rising far to the east and to the west, and small dinosaurs running around, too. That is what Hawthorne looked like. This large plain would have resembled the Serengeti Desert plain in Kenya. It likely spanned from North Carolina up to Prince Edward Island, Canada, or

  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 3 - 5 - Wall Township, Monmouth County American Flag Celebration Join  the Historic Village at Allaire  as they Celebrate the USA in their beautiful Chapel for a one-of-a-kind display of Vintage American Flags from the Historic Allaire Collection. Rarely put on display, these flags represent the heart of American History. Get an up close view of each stitch, star, and detail of these treasured flags of the past. $2 per person to view the flags on display. There will be COVID-19 food services on-site all three days of the event by Pilsen Gourmet. Village general admission:  The pre-registration price is $5.00 for ages 4 and up. At the gate,  day of the admission price is $7.00 for  for ages 4 and up.  Under 3 are free.  The historic buildings will be open from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm.