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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 27 "Open The Door, I’ll Get It Myself: The Great Migration To New Jersey" Virtual Program The Trent House Association presents a virtual illustrated talk, “Open the Door, I’ll Get It Myself: The Great Migration to New Jersey,” presented by Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps, noted history scholar and acclaimed speaker. The program will begin at 1:00 pm on Saturday via Zoom at https://bit.ly/3o3DJAn . A pay-as-you-wish donation of $10 is suggested and can be made by PayPal at www.williamtrenthouse.org/donation.html . New Jersey's African American population multiplied during what is known as the Great Migration in the early decades of the 20th century. Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps, president and CEO of 1804 Consultants and co-founder of the Sankofa Collaborative, will explore the factors leading African Americans to take on the

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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 20 -  Wall Township, Monmouth County Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band See Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band Performed by Neill Hartley on Saturday at 6:00 pm (sold out) and 7:30 pm. Neill Hartley is Sherlock Holmes in a thrilling version of the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Staged at the Historic Allaire Chapel, see Sherlock Holmes in his study working out the mystery. Then follow him to an old mansion where he must stop a killer from committing another horrible crime! Neill Hartley is professional actor who has performed his one-man shows for hundreds of  groups. He works with many regional theaters and is on the theater faculty of the  University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Tickets are $30 per person. Advance tickets are required. Masks must be work in the chapel.  Click here to register . The Historic Villa

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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  13   - Holmdel, Monmouth County Cutting, Splitting and Hewing Adult Event Wood heated the farmer three times - once when they gathered the wood, once when the split the wood, and final time when they burned the wood. On Saturday, visit Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel and get warmed up using a two-man saw and splitting wedge; learn how farmers used a froe to rive shingles or a broad ax to hew beams.  This free events run from 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm. Historic Longstreet Farm is located at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. For more information, call 732-946-3758 or visit  www.monmouthcountyparks.com .

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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 6 “In Graves Of Their Own:  Reclaiming The Locust Hill Cemetery" Virtual Program The Trent House Association presents a virtual illustrated talk, “In Graves of Their Own: Reclaiming the Locust Hill Cemetery,” presented by Algernon Ward, Trenton history enthusiast and re-enactor. The program will begin at 1:00 pm on Saturday via Zoom at https://bit.ly/3pseQjl . More details can be found on the William Trent House website at https://www.williamtrenthouse.org/upcoming-events.html . Algernon Ward, a notable figure in Trenton’s history community and member of the 6th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops Civil War reenactor organization, will highlight the history of the Locust Hill Cemetery from its beginnings in the 18th century as the earliest known burial place of African Americans in Trenton. He will outline curren

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