1. GETHSEMANE CEMETERY OPEN THIS WEEKEND
Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs invites public for self-guided tours of African American historic site (HACKENSACK, NJ) – In recognition of Black History Month, the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs (DCHA) invites the public to the historic Gethsemane Cemetery site in Little ...
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2. BERGEN COUNTY HOSTS FREE HISTORY LECTURES TO COMMEMORATE VETERANS DAY & BERGEN250
Veterans Day lecture plus Revolutionary War Roundtable Speaker Series continues Monday & Wednesday, November 13 & 15 in Hackensack
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3. BERGEN COUNTY ANNOUNCES FREE HISTORY LECTURE SERIES TO CELEBRATE BERGEN250
Revolutionary War Roundtable Speaker Series begins on Wednesday, September 13 in Hackensack
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4. Historian’s New Memoir is a Love Letter to The State of New Jersey ­
Very admirable project and impressive accomplishment revealing concentration of Revolutionary War events in State of New Jersey. A worthy piece of literature.
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5. BERGEN COUNTY CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH
Welcomes public to tour ‘hallowed-ground’ Gethsemane Cemetery and serves as partner for upcoming Juneteenth events
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6. NCJW BCS to Honor Six Bergen County Women Who are Being Recognized as “Women of the Century” at Centennial Celebration
Washington Township, NJ (June 1, 2023) - National Council of Jewish Women Bergen County Section (NCJW BCS), a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action, will be hosting their Centennial Installation & Awards Champagne Luncheon to honor the “Women of the Century'' award recipients and ...
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7. Northern New Jersey Community Foundation to Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Showing of Environmental Justice Film, American River, at Hackensack Performing Arts Center
(Hackensack, NJ; April 27, 2023) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a screening of the documentary film 'American River', an inspiring and entertaining movie about the evolution of the troubled Passaic River, on Wednesday, June 7 at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC), ...
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8. February calendar of programming for the JCC of Northern NJ Active Seniors
Thursday, February 2 at 11 AM Join returning favorite historian, author, and JCC friend, Michael Goodman, for his informative multimedia lecture, History of the Refugee Crisis --
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9. Yiddish Theater in America: Laden with Happiness and Tears
Photo caption: John Kenrick, entertainment historian, returns by popular demand to JCCNNJ’s Active Seniors on January 19 at 11 AM, to speak about “Yiddish Theater in America: Laden with Happiness and Tears".
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10. BERGEN COUNTY TO OFFER ONE-TIME AMERICAN RESCUE FUND ARTS AND HISTORY GRANT PROGRAM
... Tedesco, Board of County Commissioners, and the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs are excited to announce that $500,000 of American Rescue Funds have been allocated to eligible Bergen County non-profit arts and history organizations and eligible individual working artists and historians who have been impacted by COVID-19.
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11. Hollywood Yiddishkeit: Jewish Images in American Film Presented by entertainment historian, John Kenrick
JCC of Northern NJ Active Seniors Thursday, November 3 at 11 AM  
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12. Historian’s New Memoir is a Love Letter to The State of New Jersey ­
I have heard that one of my ancestors served in the Revolutionary War, are there names of soldiers in your book?
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13. BERGEN COUNTY ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2022 HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS
(HACKENSACK, NJ) – In celebration of 2022 National Preservation Month in May, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Board of County Commissioners are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards.
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14. Historian’s New Memoir is a Love Letter to The State of New Jersey ­
New Jersey Historian Al Frazza, creator of the award-winning RevolutionaryWarNewJersey.com website, has just published a new book State of Revolution: My Seven-And-A-Half-Year Journey Through Revolutionary War New Jersey. The book combines his own experiences exploring the state with historic stories from the Revolutionary War.
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15. Jeffrey B. Perry, A Spartan Who Took a Different Path
Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry (Jeff Perry) is an independent, working-class scholar formally educated at Paramus High School (class of 1964), Princeton, Harvard, Rutgers, and Columbia. The recently published, second volume of his Hubert Harrison biography entitled "Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927" (Columbia University Press, December 2020) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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16. BERGEN COUNTY 2022 HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs announces 2022 Historic Preservation Awards nomination applications online (HACKENSACK, NJ) – The Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards.
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17. Northern NJ Community Foundation's ArtsBergen Names Artist to Create Black Women's Mural Project.
Englewood Residents Invited to Participate in Second Community Input Workshop.
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