by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
Memories of the Manual Training and Industrial School at Bordentown By Arthur L. Symes The Manual Training and Industrial School [MTIS] was established in 1886 by one Reverend Walter Rice in the city of Bordentown, NJ. “The school, which was a boarding, vocational...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Larry A. Greene I first became aware of Thomas Mundy Peterson many years ago in graduate school at Columbia University while conducting research at the New Jersey Historical Society for Professor Eric Foner’s Civil War and Reconstruction colloquium. New Jersey’s...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Deborah Kelly In the summer of 1994, many preservationists and women’s history scholars gathered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania for the first national “Conference on Women and Historic Preservation.” From this dialogue, the New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail was born....
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Dorothy Guzzo The G. G. Green Building in Woodbury, Gloucester County was listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 2001 for its significance in the area of community development and its architectural significance as a vernacular example...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Stacy F. Roth June 28, 1778, Monmouth Courthouse, New Jersey. A blazing sun beat down upon the heads of soldiers of the American and British armies. Stemming an almost disastrous retreat of the forces under General Charles Lee, General George Washington...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Lamont Dixon When I was a teen, the “Motown sound” spun from vinyls throughout my house. The exquisitely soulful harmonies of The Temptations were favorites. I favored the baritone stylings of Melvin Franklin, notably on hits like Silent Night and Ball of...
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