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Ridgewood NJ, love baseball and history? Then bring your chair, cooler and sunscreen to Historic New Bridge Landing as the Bergen County Historical Society hosts Vintage Baseball in the Meadow on Saturday, July 13th, 11 am -2 pm, 1201 Main Street River Edge, NJ.
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Wyckoff NJ, on June 2, the Wyckoff Historical Society (WHS) proudly sponsored a Bergen County Historical Society blue marker at the Union Cemetery. This blue marker program, the largest of its kind in New Jersey, provides a mini history lesson on significant historical locations, enriching our understanding of local heritage.
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Ridgewood NJ, Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present.
photo courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco,
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Park Ridge NJ, according to Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, Bergen County is home to dozens of historical and culturally significant sites.
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Ridgewood NJ, looking like a bunch of pathetic cry babies ,(TONIGHT)Wednesday’s Village of Ridgewood council meeting will feature discussions on the appointment of a new village historian, a topic triggered by a letter from current historians Peggy Norris and Joe Suplicki to Katherine Marcopul of the State Historic Preservation Office.
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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Prayer – abridged from his Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789. You may wish to share this with your family and friends at your Thanksgiving table.
Written and researched by Kevin Wright©2015
As compared with present consumption, the colonial diet included relatively little fresh meat. Families reared swine and turkeys in great numbers and those destined for winter market were fenced in an appropriate place at the lower end of the garden. Pork was preferred over beef, except among Jewish colonists whose religious observance proscribed its consumption. Pigs generously fattened on forest mast, field pumpkins, buckwheat, and a sweet mash of skimmed milk and bran.
Ridgewood Columbus Day Closing – Monday, October 9th, 2023
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Ridgewood NJ, Monday, October 9th is Columbus Day and all Village offices will be closed. Village Sanitation and Recycling services will not take place that day and the Recycling Center will be closed.
courtesy of Bergen County Historical Society
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco is ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.
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Ridgewood NJ, while most sources, even the Department of Labor, credit Peter McGuire with the origination of Labor Day, recent evidence suggests that the true father of Labor Day may in fact be another famous union leader of the 19th Century, Matthew Maguire.
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Ridgewood NJ, on Sunday May 7th the Schedler Neighbors held a “Walk and Talk” ,hosted by naturalist, Lauren Lynch. It was a great opportunity to take a look at the property for those who have never been there.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Smith family in 1920 photo at West Saddle River road house. Florence standing in the middle would later move on and get married to August Schedler.
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the post was written by Larry Elder and first posted Christian Underground Newsletter in November 2005 called ,”The True History of the Democratic Racist Party”
Ridgewood NJ, So much for the Republican “outreach” to black voters, with only 2 percent of blacks “approving” of the president’s performance.
If only blacks knew of the true history of the Democratic Party.
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(February 12,2020)
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Ridgewood NJ, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February 12 in 1809. He lived for a time in Indiana before moving to Illinois. He worked on a farm, split rails for fences, worked in a store, was a captain in the Black Hawk War, and worked as a lawyer. He married Mary Todd and together they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity.
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River Edge Nj, sponsored by the Bergen County Historical Society , BaronFest at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge, celebrates Major General Baron von Steuben . This year the festival drew a large crowd . There was lots of food , music ,tours ,reenactments and drink. Alementary, Brix City and Hackensack Brewery were there along with Particle Theory 6- piece band, a food truck, pumpkin picking, 3rd NJ, Mott’s Artillery and 3 historic homes were all open for tours.
