IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS WATER
A light and fun look at an elemental subject and how profoundly it influenced the development of our county and state. Join Marilyn Cummings for this overview of water in New Jersey and Hunterdon County since the beginning of time! This talk sets the stage for our entire year’s worth of programs on ‘Water, Water Everywhere!' A must-see presentation for both adults and students alike who plan to attend any of our other programs... or even if you don't!
2pm
Main Branch County Library
Free.
Reservations recommended. Refreshments follow.
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READINGTON MUSEUMS CHOCOLATE MAKING
How did a bitter seed become the chocolate that so many of us love? As the drink of choice in Colonial America, and popular among all social classes, it was not unusual to start one’s day with a hot, spicy cup of chocolate. It was perceived to cure common ailments, and was even sold in Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia print shop. Susan McLellan Plaisted MS RD CSP LDN, demonstrates the use of the metate by turning the cacao bean into chocolate. Find out what really went into making chocolate from bean to drink, from drink to sweets, and from sweets to the modern candy.
1pm to 4pm
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TRICENTENNIAL VOLUNTEERS MEETING
Public Welcome to Attend.
3 Chorister Place, Flemington
7pm - 9pm |
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EAST AMWELL AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
With John Allen, local Historian and EAHS Board Member
The Civil War ended in May 1865 with the surrender of the last significant Confederate filed Army. Thus ended the four-year long "national nightmare".
However, its influence did not end with that final surrender. It affected the daily life of both soldiers and civilians during the conflict and its direct effects lingered in the Nation (and in East Amwell Township) as long a s a veterans memory survived, well into the 20th Century. READ MORE HERE...
7pm
East Amwell Municipal Building
Small donation requested
($) HISTORY THROUGH ARIEL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH HUNTERDON COUNTY PARKS - TOWPATHS & TALES
Take a flight back in time over a much different Delaware Valley—one in which canals that had once powered the region remained largely intact, less than a decade after abandonment—and return to the present over the landscape as we know it today, without ever leaving the ground!
7PM-9PM
Hunterdon County Arboretum
$3 pre-registration fee. For more information visit the Hunterdon County Parks Division Website
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2018 PLEIN AIR PLUS SILENT AUCTION
Artistic Interpretations of Historic Lambertville and Neighboring River Towns. More than 40 plein air paintings by 28 artists.
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Rago Arts and Auction
Center,
North Main & Cherry Streets, Lambertville
For more information visit the Lambertville Historic Societies website
READINGTON MUSEUMS
SPINNING CLASS
The four sessions are $130, and will be held on Saturdays: March 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
For more information visit the Readington Museums website
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A CRADLE OF THE NATIONAL PASTIME
Baseball historian and author John Zinn is the guest speaker at the Hunterdon County Historical Society’s spring meeting on Sunday, March 11 @ 2:00 p.m. The meeting and lecture will be held at the Presbyterian Church, 10 East Main Street in Flemington.
Since 2010, John Zinn has been an independent historian with special interest in the history of baseball. He is the author of three books about the Brooklyn Dodgers including the first full- length biography of Dodger owner Charles Ebbets to be published in the spring of 2018. Mr. Zinn is serving as the guest curator for an exhibit on early New Jersey baseball history at the Morven Museum in Princeton, opening in June of 2018. He is also writing the companion book to the exhibit.
The afternoon lecture will begin with the early days of organized baseball describing New Jersey’s important role during the antebellum period. After looking at baseball during the Civil War, the focus will shift to the post war years in New Jersey. The 19th century baseball game and how it differs from the modern version will be discussed along with a look at the Flemington Neshanock, one of Hunterdon County’s first baseball teams. In his spare time, Mr. Zinn is the score keeper for the Neshanock vintage baseball team!
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($) HISTORY THROUGH ARIEL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH HUNTERDON COUNTY PARKS - THERE USED TO BE A RAILROAD HERE
New Jersey and railroads go way back, all the way to 1815 when the state granted John Stevens of Hoboken the first railroad charter in the U.S. Although Stevens’ New Jersey Railroad was never constructed, the Camden & Amboy Railroad, under the direction of Stevens’ sons, began service between South Amboy and Bordentown in 1833, the first of many railroads to lay track across the Garden State. This program provides a glimpse of a New Jersey long gone—one in which you could get practically anywhere by rail.
7PM-9PM
Hunterdon County Arboretum
$3 pre-registration fee. For more information visit the Hunterdon County Parks Division Website |
READINGTON MUSEUMS
SPINNING CLASS
The four sessions are $130, and will be held on Saturdays: March 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
For more information visit the Readington Museums website
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