Come Home To History
Celebrating 350 Years of Hudson County's Heritage History Fair
Participating Groups
These are the groups that participated in the October 9, 2010 "Come Home to History" Fair.
Participating Groups |
On Display |
The African-American Experience in Hudson County - Family Histories |
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Archivist of the Jersey City Fire Department |
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Bayonne Community Museum |
Exhibit on the Bayonne Museum building |
Highlights & memorabilia from Bayonne, sales of ornaments and books |
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Exhibit on the mayors of Bayonne |
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Antique and historic item appraisals |
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Displays on PRR Harsimus Branch Embankment, Jersey City, and future reuse as park and trail |
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The Role of George Washington and Jersey City in The Revolution |
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Exhibit. Note: the JC/Harsimus Cemetery will also be hosting a Living History Tour at the cemetery on Sunday 10/10 |
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Exhibit on the early Dutch settlement |
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HCGS volunteers will be doing free lookups on Ancestry.com and other databases for History Fair attendees interested in finding records of their ancestors. Free genealogy research brochures and flyers plus HCGS mugs and t-shirts for sale! |
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Hudson County History Authors |
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Presentation on the preservation of a historic Jersey City site |
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Exhibit on Old Soldier's Home |
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Display of artifacts from the Lincoln Association collection |
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Presentation on Civil War Hudson County regiments. On sale: the new book "New Jersey Goes to War" |
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Display on the Jersey City History website, hand-out materials and more! |
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Exhibit of historic artifacts from Old Bergen Church |
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Presentation of Bayonne landmarks |
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Display on endangered historic sites in New Jersey |
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Exhibit and sale of local art prints |
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Presentation on saving Ellis Island |
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St. Paul's at Bergen Episcopal Church |
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A look at St. Peter's College 1872 to present |
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The Jersey City Woman's Club |
History of the Jersey City Women's Club founded in 1894 |
Union City History |
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Weehawken Historic Commission |
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West New York History |
