Today in New Jersey history - March 5
[From author Joseph Bilby]
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SAVE NEW JERSEY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUNDING!
Historic Preservation needs your help. The Senate Environment and Energy Committee hearing for Senate Bill 2769 is scheduled for next Monday, March 9th in Committee Room 10, 3rd floor of State House Annex at 10am.
Once In A While Wednesday - 18th Century Fashions
ONCE IN A WHILE WEDNESDAY AT PEACHFIELD
Fashions of the 18th Century
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 7:00 p.m.
Eighteenth Century fashions will be on parade at Peachfield. Period clothing from the private collection of Sue Hueskin will be modeled by Dames and friends of Peachfield. Audience members are invited to model hats and cloaks.
Today in New Jersey history - March 4
[From author Joseph Bilby]
March 4, 1778: The New Jersey Gazette moved its operations from Burlington to Trenton.
March 4, 1913: New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as president of the United States. Wilson’s inaugural parade was led by the Essex Troop, a New Jersey National Guard cavalry unit from Newark wearing British-influenced full dress uniforms custom tailored by Brooks Brothers in New York City.