What is the Meaning of Free Speech?

Hosted by MCL join What is the Meaning of Free Speech on Thursday, October 20, 7pm virtually. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing…

How Maidenhead became Lawrence in 1816

Join MCL for "The Name Was Changed to Protect the Innocent: How Maidenhead became Lawrence in 1816 on Tuesday, October 25, 6:30pm virtually. Join us to learn the interesting stories behind the…

Wednesday Night Out: Hoproco with Doug Dixon

Hopewell Theater 5 S. Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ, United States

Yes, Hopewell did have a toy company, albeit a short-lived one. Hoproco, the Hopewell Products company, operated from 1923 to 1929 on Burton Avenue. In this presentation, Doug Dixon will…

Free

Historic Pole Farm Walk with Dennis Waters

Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Walk through telecommunications history with former Lawrence Township Historian Dennis Waters on the site of the 20th century Pole Farm.

$10 – $15

Archaeology and the Delaware Indians, a 12,000-Year Odyssey

This heavily illustrated presentation, "Archaeology and the Delaware Indians, a 12,000-Year Odyssey," examines New Jersey’s rich Native American heritage on Wednesday, November 9, 7pm. It begins with a discussion of the…

Creating Christmas

Find out about Creating Christmas on Tuesday, November 29 at 7pm. By the mid-1600s, the centuries-old European celebration of Christmas was such a drunken, bawdy, public affair that the early Puritans…

Images of America: Washington Crossing

On Wednesday, November 30, 7pm,Robert Sands and Patricia Millen provide an illustrated lecture on their recently-published book Images of America:Washington Crossing, exploring the history of the site of General George…

Wednesday Night Out: The Lenape and Their Ancestors in Hopewell Valley

Hopewell Theater 5 S. Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ, United States

American Indians have lived in the Hopewell area for at least 9,000 years.  Volunteers and an intern have recently completed cataloging approximately 2000 artifacts in the Hopewell Museum collection.  Much…

Free

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