READINGTON MUSEUMS PRESENTS: DRESSED TO KILL
1PM TO 4PM
Dana Bala will present Dressed to Kill: From Arsenic in Clothing, and Lead in Cosmetics, to Blazing Crinolines.
Throughout history, we have worn deadly clothing and makeup to be the height of fashion even if it kills us!
Bala will discuss some of the most lethal fashion prac-tices during history, focusing on the Victorian period, when people were, “Dressed To Kill”.
Bala has presented at other historic sites such as the Abraham Staats House, the Miller-Corey Museum, and volunteers at Washington Crossing Park. Her other are-as of interest/expertise include embroidery, cooking and genealogy.
Visit Readington Museums website for more information
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HUNTERDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM FOCUSES ON HISTORY OF EARLY MEDICINE IN NJ WITH DR. GARY GROVER
Cayenne pepper enemas to treat lung diseases? Swallowing ground glass to treat gastro-intestinal disorders? Chewing tree bark to shake the shivers?
Each of these treatments was considered legitimate at the time, but did any of them work?
Dr. Gary Grover knows the answers, and will share with you the results of years of research into early medical treatments and drug discoveries in New Jersey. The talk will be presented during the Hunterdon County Historical Society’s spring meeting on Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. at the Flemington Presbyterian Church, 10 East Main Street. The meeting is free, and everyone is welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND LECTURE BY
BRIAN ARMSTRONG ON PROHIBITION & NEW JERSEY: 1919-1933
Come hear Brian Armstrong lecture about how Prohibition came to be passed, the problems with enforcement, and how it ultimately was repealed. The unforeseen consequences of the “noble experiment” such as increasing the size of government and the development of organized crime will also be discussed. The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 was the only time in US history when an amendment to the US Constitution (18th) was removed by another amendment (21st).
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POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 16TH
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT AND HUNTERDON'S WOMEN WHO MADE POLITICAL HISTORY: Celebrate Women's History Month and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with us. Author of "The Franklin Park Tragedy" and Historian Brian Armstrong ("The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Hunterdon County") will provide a lecture focusing on the development of the women’s suffrage movement in the US that resulted in the 19th amendment to the US Constitution in 1919 permitting women to vote. Profiles of the key players (Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida Wells, Alice Paul, etc.), and organizations involved with the movement will be presented along with a timeline of events from the movement’s origination in the abolitionist movement to the passage of the amendment and the first vote in 1920. Mr. Armstrong will also discuss prominent New Jersey and Hunterdon County female politicians who followed in the footsteps of the suffragettes.
7 pm. Main Branch of the County Library. Free. Reservations Requested.
Refreshments follow.
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LEBANON TOWNSHIP MUSEUM PRESENTS HOME HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINAR
2pm to 3:30 pm
Lebanon Township Fire Department 3 - 528 West Hill Road, Glen Gardner, NJ
Interested in discovering the story of your old home? Hit a dead end at an early handwritten deed for your property? The Lebanon Township Historians Committee is hosting an introductory seminar on how to trace the history of your home and the families associated with it. With a special emphasis on the late 18th through 19th centuries, the seminar will cover the many resources available including Hunterdon County archives at Records Hall and the Surrogate’s Court, State of NJ archives, early Hunterdon County maps, census records, local history books, genealogy resources and more.
The program is FREE but registration is requested.
Please email historians@lebtwp.net to sign up.
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