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LEBANON TOWNSHIP MUSEUM OPENING RECEPTION: THE RIDE TO PLEASANT GROVE HISTORIC FARM LIFE EXHIBIT
The Lebanon Township Museum invites you to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sal Vuocolo, Jr's book with our Ride to Pleasant Grove Historic Farm Life Exhibit.
During an extensive three-year renovation to his family's Lebanon Township farmhouse, Mr. Vuocolo began researching its history and chronicling his findings. The end result was his book, published in 1999, that is part memoir and part historical fiction. It tells both the true story of his family's experiences on the farm as well as a fictionalized story of the day in the life of James Hance, the farmer who owned the "Anthonytown" house in the 1850s. It is a tale that celebrates Hunterdon's history through the eyes of a hardworking farmer.
Sal passed away in 2003 but his life and legacy live on through his words.
This exhibit draws from passages of the book and brings them to life through an artful display of unique items from both the Museum's and the Vuocolo family's personal collections including a swinging butter churn from the late 1800s and the original watercolor print from the book's cover. The display also incorporates photographs, maps, historical artifacts and wool from the Vuocolo's farm.
On Saturday August 3rd from 1-4pm the Historians' Committee is hosting an opening reception including readings from the book at 1:30 and 2:30. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of the book will be available to purchase for $5. The exhibit will be on display through August 31st.
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OPEN HOUSE AT THE JOHN PRALL HOUSE
The historic John Prall Jr. House on Route 29 in Stockton is one of the finest 18th century houses in the region and among New Jersey's most significant early dwellings. The house is a late Georgian/early Federal residence that John Prall built for his family circa 1795. The mill complex was built by John Prall Jr., a local businessman and Revolutionary War veteran, who purchased the site along the Delaware River in the 1790s. The complex includes a 1790 linseed oil mill, an 1877 gristmill, an 1850 sawmill, a 1900 grain silo, an 1874 railroad trestle, an 1834 canal and several secondary outbuildings. This is a rare opportunity to visit the house itself.
No reservations required
1-5 pm
RED MILL MUSEUM VILLAGE TO HOST ANNUAL KIDS DAY
The Red Mill Museum Village is hosting their annual Kids Day, a celebration of good old-fashioned summertime fun, on Sunday August 4th from 12-4pm. We are proud to be co-hosting Kids Day in partnership with NORWESCAP Child and Family Resource Services for the third year in a row. Visitors will get to try their hand at churning (and tasting!) fresh ice cream, read to Paws for Reading therapy dogs, practice Colonial militia drills and more! Don’t miss the fabulous display of antique bicycles from the Wheelmen. Admission is free for Museum members and there’s a special discounted price of $10 per family for the general public. For more information visit the Red Mill Museum's website
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OPEN HOUSE - FLEMING CASTLE MUSEUM
1-4pm
5 Bonnell Street, Flemington
Samuel Fleming, born in Ireland in 1707, came to the present-day United States and worked nearby as a tavern master, and bought 210 acres in present-day Flemington as the site for a home in 1741 from Thomas Penn, son of William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. After the house was constructed in 1756, the area becoming known as "The Fleming Settlement", then as "Fleming's" and was known as "Flemington" by the 1870s. Fleming operated a tavern, often said to be in the house itself. Come and spend a leisurely afternoon touring the house and gardens. |
RED MILL MUSEUM SUMMER YOUTH HISTORY PROGRAM
Children will step back in time and learn about life long ago right here at our 19th century site. What did kids do for fun before the Internet? How did they make their toys? What was school like? What did they eat? How did people get what they needed? Children will make their own candles, churn butter and ice cream, play old-fashioned games and much more! A live blacksmith demonstration is a highlight of the week
VISIT THE RED MILL MUSEUM WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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RED MILL MUSEUM SUMMER YOUTH HISTORY PROGRAM
Children will step back in time and learn about life long ago right here at our 19th century site. What did kids do for fun before the Internet? How did they make their toys? What was school like? What did they eat? How did people get what they needed? Children will make their own candles, churn butter and ice cream, play old-fashioned games and much more! A live blacksmith demonstration is a highlight of the week
VISIT THE RED MILL MUSEUM WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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RED MILL MUSEUM SUMMER YOUTH HISTORY PROGRAM
Children will step back in time and learn about life long ago right here at our 19th century site. What did kids do for fun before the Internet? How did they make their toys? What was school like? What did they eat? How did people get what they needed? Children will make their own candles, churn butter and ice cream, play old-fashioned games and much more! A live blacksmith demonstration is a highlight of the week
VISIT THE RED MILL MUSEUM WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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RED MILL MUSEUM SUMMER YOUTH HISTORY PROGRAM
Children will step back in time and learn about life long ago right here at our 19th century site. What did kids do for fun before the Internet? How did they make their toys? What was school like? What did they eat? How did people get what they needed? Children will make their own candles, churn butter and ice cream, play old-fashioned games and much more! A live blacksmith demonstration is a highlight of the week
VISIT THE RED MILL MUSEUM WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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RED MILL MUSEUM SUMMER YOUTH HISTORY PROGRAM
Children will step back in time and learn about life long ago right here at our 19th century site. What did kids do for fun before the Internet? How did they make their toys? What was school like? What did they eat? How did people get what they needed? Children will make their own candles, churn butter and ice cream, play old-fashioned games and much more! A live blacksmith demonstration is a highlight of the week
VISIT THE RED MILL MUSEUM WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
EAST AMWWELL TOWNSHIP MUSEUM
'REFLECTIONS: CZECHIA & POLAND', PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT BY KIYA HENDRIX
Kiya Hendrix is a 17 year old student at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Kiya has a love of the arts, including photography and film, aspiring to attend college to
become a director of cinematography. She also has a love for history and learning about the past.
In April 2019 Kiya, along with other Hunterdon Central
students, set off on an unforgettable journey to Czechia and
Poland. On this trip they would see some of the horrors of the Holocaust. Kiya and her peers were able to learn more about the Jewish community and what once happened during that
turbulent time. Kiya took this trip as an opportunity to record her journey, with her aptitude for photography and film, giving others a chance to experience what she saw.
READ MOER ABOUT IT HERE... |
WALKING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN FRENCHTOWN WITH RICK EPSTEIN:
The Downtown Tour covers the Great Fire of 1878; visits by Annie Oakley, Mary Tyler Moore and Aaron Burr; the old hotels and movie theaters; the wagon-wheel factories; the chicken hatcheries; the future site of the ArtYard theater and gallery; logging on the Delaware in the 1800s; and how Frenchtown's founder escaped the guillotine in 1794 and gave the town its name.
Rick Epstein started gathering Frenchtown history when he was editor of the Frenchtown's Delaware Valley News in 1970s and '80s, interviewing old-timers for the newspaper. He soaked up more history as editor of the Hunterdon County Democrat, and intensified his research more recently to begin his historical tours in 2016. He currently reports on Frenchtown for the Bucks County Herald.
10 am - Rain date, Sunday, August 18, 10 am
Free but Reservations are Required
Free bottled water will be available.
Approximately 75 minutes long.
LIMITED TO 15 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Ticket holders will be provided with the starting location of the tour.
A Wait List will be maintained if you are shut out of this event by emailing us at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us or leaving a message at (908) 788-2030.
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW!! |
HUNTERDON LAND TRUST PRESENTS HISTORIC DELAWARE RIVER SERIES - THE FLOOD OF 1955 WITH MARY A. SHAFER
FREE
Dvoor Farm, Flemington, NJ.
10 a.m.
The Flood of 1955 with Mary A. Shafer: Three terrifying days and nights along the Delaware River — we’ll mark the 64th anniversary of this historic flood with the author of Devastation on the Delaware.
Program sponsored by the National Park Service’s Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic Program that explore the outstanding natural, cultural and historical value of the Delaware River, and why it should be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations
For more information Hunterdon Land Trust Website
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HUNTERDON COUNTY
4-H AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Visit the Hunterdon 300th and other County historical organizations in the Community Services Tent across from the Grange Building (where the tractors are!). Check out our annual "fair specials"
Check out the Fair's Website for details on hours, parking, etc. |
HUNTERDON COUNTY
4-H AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Visit the Hunterdon 300th and other County historical organizations in the Community Services Tent across from the Grange Building (where the tractors are!). Check out our annual "fair specials"
Check out the Fair's Website for details on hours, parking, etc.
LEBANON TOWNSHIP MUSEUM: MAKE AND PLAY DAY FOR ALL AGES -
FROM FIBER TO FABRIC
This month's Make & Play Day theme is From Fiber to Fabric in honor of our current The Ride to Pleasant Grove: Historic Farm Life exhibit. Children of all ages along with their caretakers are invited to drop in to the Museum on Thursday August 22nd any time between 3-7 pm.
During an extensive three-year renovation to his family's Lebanon Township farmhouse, Sal Vuocolo, Jr. began researching its history which resulted in his book, The Ride to Pleasant Grove. The book is part memoir and part historical fiction. Sal and his wife Teresa raised their three girls at the farm as well as a herd of long-wool sheep. Antique farm equipment is on display as well as home spun yarn, spools, spindles and even Sal's favorite sweater vest (knitted by Teresa with wool from Olaf the sheep!)
Have you ever wondered how wool goes from being a sheep's coat to a human's? Come see a spinning demonstration and then create your own fiber art with yarn! Join us inside the air-conditioned comfort of the Museum to learn how to make a bracelet loom from simple household items and make colorful yarn animals to take home!
Email registration is requested but not required. This is not a drop-off event, an adult must stay with the child(ren). To register, please email Gina |
HUNTERDON COUNTY
4-H AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Visit the Hunterdon 300th and other County historical organizations in the Community Services Tent across from the Grange Building (where the tractors are!). Check out our annual "fair specials"
Check out the Fair's Website for details on hours, parking, etc.
READINGTON MUSEUMS PRESENTS MIDWIFERY- ON THE FARMSTEAD
Janine Quimby will discuss colonial midwifery in the 18th century and its impact on literature. Quimby is an English Language Arts teacher at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, NJ. She received her BA in English and Secondary Education and her MA in English from The College of New Jersey, matriculated in Drew University's Doctor of Arts Program, and has earned 30 post-Masters credits in Education. Much of her graduate work focused on the role of midwives and witches in literature. Please register by clicking on: REGISTER FOR MIDWIFERY.
7PM TO 8:30PM |
HUNTERDON COUNTY
4-H AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Visit the Hunterdon 300th and other County historical organizations in the Community Services Tent across from the Grange Building (where the tractors are!). Check out our annual "fair specials"
Check out the Fair's Website for details on hours, parking, etc.
RED MILL MUSEUM TO HOST ANNUAL BLACKSMITH HAMMER-IN
The Red Mill Museum Village is hosting our annual Blacksmith Hammer-In, in partnership with the New Jersey Blacksmith Association from 10am-4pm on Saturday August 24th. Tailgating, tool swaps, and demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the day and there will be opportunity to win prizes at an “iron in the hat” raffle drawing. Have an odd item you’d like a blacksmith to identify? Bring it in! New this year: our blacksmiths will be offering one-on-one lessons from 9am-12pm. Participants must be age 12 or older to take a lesson, and will complete a coat hook project to take home. Lessons are $25 for half an hour and must be reserved in advance - email Assistant Director Marie Salthouse or 908-735-4101x100 to register. Visitors can help us raise money for the #SavetheWheel campaign by purchasing a metal dog tag that one of our blacksmiths will personalize just for you! Burgers, hotdogs and fixing will be available to NJBA members. Not a member? Registration to join NJBA will be available that day. Regular museum admission, free for Museum members. Check out the programs page on our website for more information. |
