Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Marshall's lecture, to be given on March 7, is entitled "Losing It: Hearing the Silences of Black (Male) Rage Under Slavery in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey." The event is free and open to the public.
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Wednesday, February 27
Dr. Kenneth E. Marshall, an associate professor of History at the State University of New York-Oswego, will deliver the 21st annual Emanuel Levine History Lecture, presented by the Department of History at Rider University, on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in the Sweigart Auditorium on Rider’s Lawrence Township campus at 2083 Lawrence Rd. (Route 206 South). The event is free and open to the public. Marshall, a 1991 Rider graduate, will give a presentation entitled Losing It: Hearing the Silences of Black (Male) Rage Under Slavery in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey. His work focuses on an isolated incident of slave resistance to discuss the difficulties and possibilities of using white sources to discuss the hidden, or muted, rage of New …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch event will view sections of the canal between Bordentown and Trenton.
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Thursday, February 21
The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch will hold a light rail tour between Bordentown and Trenton on Saturday, Feb. 23, designed to take riders back to the 19th century. The NJ Transit River Line route follows the path of the D&R Canal from Crosswicks Creek to Trenton. See the abandoned canal, Watson's Creek and the Hamilton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh. In the City of Trenton, where Route 129 is on the former path of the canal, remnants of the industrial and commercial buildings that lined the canal can be observed and compared with early photos. On the return trip, the group may continue to Roebling to view the sunken canal boats near Newcombe Island, before returning to Bordentown about 11 a.m. Meet 9:15 a.m. at the River Line Bordentown …
Township historian Dennis Waters and Michael Siegel of the Rutgers University Geography Department will present their lecture "The Street Where You Live: How Lawrence Became a Suburb, 1900-2000," this Sunday, Feb. 24.
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Thursday, February 21
The Lawrence Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Feb. 24, at Lawrence High School. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will feature a lecture about the development of the township's various neighborhoods presented by township historian Dennis Waters and Michael Siegel of the Rutgers University Geography Department. A flyer about the event and lecture, "The Street Where You Live: How Lawrence Became a Suburb, 1900-2000," reads as follows: Like many sleepy farming communities in New Jersey, Lawrence Township underwent a profound transformation during the 20th century as thousands of acres of farmland were subdivided into housing tracts. From 1900-2000 Lawrence’s population increased almost …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
New from Arcadia Publishing, "Lawrence Township Revisited" features over 200 rare photos. The book can be purchased online or in person at the Lawrence Historical Society's annual meeting and lecture to be held this Sunday (Feb. 24).
The history of Lawrence Township over the course of the last 120 years or so is the focus of a new book hot off the presses of Arcadia Publishing. Part of Arcadia’s popular “Images of America” series, Lawrence Township Revisited is packed with over 200 fascinating and rarely-seen photographs that document the people, places and events that have made Lawrence what it is today. Produced by the Lawrence Historical Society – with the bulk of the research and writing done by the society’s president, Laura Nawrocik, and volunteer Ashley Morris – the book is available online from the publisher or the historical society. Copies of Lawrence Township Revisited will be also available for purchase during the Lawrence Historical Society’s annual …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The lecture on Feb. 12 by historian James M. McPherson is free and open to the public.
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Thursday, February 7
The Lawrenceville School's Bunn Library and Gruss Center of Visual Art have teamed to present a discussion of Abraham Lincoln, his legacy, and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War led by Pulitzer Prize winning historian James M. McPherson. The lecture, and a post-event reception, will take place on Feb. 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the Gruss' Hutchins Rotunda. All members of the public are invited to attend this free event. Guests are also encouraged to view the School's own collection of Lincoln memorabilia, selected from the Bunn Library's Stefan Archives, on display in the Gruss. McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published numerous volumes on the Civil War, including the 1989 …
Monday, January 28, 2013
“Mapping Mercer!” - an exhibition of historic and contemporary maps that trace some of the history of Mercer County - will be on display at Mercer County Community College through Feb. 14.
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Monday, January 28
Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by Mercer County Community College. The County of Mercer officially kicks off a yearlong celebration of its 175th Anniversary year with “Mapping Mercer!” - an exhibition of historic and contemporary maps that trace some of the history of Mercer County, N.J. The exhibit will be on display at The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd., West Windsor, through Feb. 14. An Opening Reception was held on Jan. 23. On display for the first time since the early 1930s will be two of the county’s hand-rendered Master Plan maps. Other featured maps include: One of the three gallery rooms will be dedicated to the mapping of Bear Tavern Road, dating from the 1700s when the…
Saturday, January 5, 2013
The walk will explore the section of the canal between Griggstown and East Millstone, a distance of 5.6 miles.
Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch. The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch will hold a free walking tour along one of the most rural sections of the canal park on Sunday, Jan. 13. The walk will explore the section of the canal between Griggstown and East Millstone, a distance of 5.6 miles. Participants will have the option of walking part way to Blackwells Mills, 3.5 miles. Meet 10 a.m. at the East Millstone bridgetender’s house on Amwell Road. Parking is also available at the canal crossing of Amwell Road or on Market Street behind the rescue squad. Carpools will be arranged to allow transportation back to the starting point. The tour will include the newly restored bridgetender’s …
Friday, December 28, 2012
On Dec. 30, Lawrence Township will hold its 51st annual reenactment of the Revolutionary War heroics of Col. Edward Hand and his riflemen, who delayed the British prior to the Second Battle of Trenton.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
With snow forecast for Saturday, the 51st Annual Reenactment of the Col. Edward Hand Historic March has been rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 30, beginning at 11 a.m. in the Lawrence Township Municipal Building (2207 Lawrence Rd.), township Superintendent of Recreation Steve Groeger announced on Thursday. Bill Agress will once again portray Col. Hand. and will lead Revolutionary War re-enactors, history buffs, township officials, boy scouts and local residents on a march along Route 206 to Trenton to recreate the historical events that took place on Jan. 2, 1777. It was on that day that Hand and Pennsylvania riflemen under his command engaged British and Hessian troops who were en route to Trenton to fight Gen. George Washington in what was to…
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
On Dec. 29, Lawrence Township will hold its 51st annual reenactment of the Revolutionary War heroics of Col. Edward Hand and his riflemen, who delayed the British prior to the Second Battle of Trenton.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Update: With snow forecast for Saturday, the township has decided to move the Col. Hand march to Sunday, Dec. 30, beginning at 11 a.m. at the municipal building. The 51st Annual Reenactment of the Col. Edward Hand Historic March will take place this Saturday, Dec. 29, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Lawrence Township Municipal Building (2207 Lawrence Rd.). Bill Agress will once again portray Col. Hand. and will lead Revolutionary War re-enactors, history buffs, township officials, boy scouts and local residents on a march along Route 206 to Trenton to recreate the historical events that took place on Jan. 2, 1777. It was on that day that Hand and Pennsylvania riflemen under his command engaged British and Hessian troops who were en route to …
Friday, November 9, 2012
The fourth annual Philip J. Albert Memorial Kristallnacht Commemoration will feature a screening of the documentary "More Than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht" on Sunday, Nov. 11, on Rider University's Lawrence Township campus.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by Rider University. The fourth annual Philip J. Albert Memorial Kristallnacht Commemoration will feature a screening of the 1989 documentary More Than Broken Glass: Memories of Kristallnacht on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. in the Gill Chapel on Rider’s Lawrence Township campus. The event is free and open to the public. The 57-minute film, produced by Ergo Media, chronicles the “Night of Broken Glass,” or Kristallnacht – the evening of Nov. 9, 1938, when Adolph Hitler’s Nazis publicly and outrageously announced to the world that they had declared open war on the Jewish people. Through a series of coordinated attacks in Germany and sections of Austria, Nazi supporters and civilians …
Ira L. Marks
6:06 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
Lincoln freed the slaves back in 1863 and maybe 150 years later someone will free the Lawrence Township "citizen slaves" who must pay additional taxes to support their Lawrenceville School masters- who are provided with services from LT for free and provide little financial support in return. more ›