November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal When Confederate troops on Roanoke Island surrendered to the Union army in February 1862, the flag used by one of the island units, the State Guards of Pasquotank, was never surrendered.
Unknown to the Union captors, the flag had been hidden inside the lining of an overcoat worn by Pvt. William Crawford Dawson Sr. of Elizabeth [...]
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October 9, 2009 | Posted by javal East Lynne Theater Company’s “President Lincoln and the Sawyers of Cape May” was selected as one of 28 events in the state to be part of New Jersey Council for the Humanities’ (NJCH) “Lincoln’s Legacy” series, created to honor the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and National Arts and Humanities Month.
As president during one [...]
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October 7, 2009 | Posted by javal Two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln’s birth, the world is still talking about his legacy. He is best-known for preserving the Union during America’s Civil War and emancipating slaves. But Lincoln’s impact on the United States as we know it goes far beyond that.
Please join the Ocean County Library’s Toms River branch (101 Washington Street) [...]
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September 29, 2009 | Posted by javal Cars traveling north on county Route 565 were in for a surprise this weekend as they approached the Glenwood area of Vernon.
Among the modern-day structures lining the road, Civil War re-enactors set up a living history camp outside of the Glenwood Mill Bed and Breakfast, causing more than a few rubbernecking drivers to pull [...]
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September 23, 2009 | Posted by javal Two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln’s birth, the world is still talking about his legacy. He is best known for preserving the Union during America’s Civil War and emancipating slaves. But Lincoln’s impact on the United States as we know it goes far beyond that.
Please join the Ocean County Library Toms River Branch (101 Washington [...]
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September 15, 2009 | Posted by javal In the early days of July 1863, Capt. Andrew W. Davis and the 8th Infantry Regiment of New Jersey volunteers barreled into the wheatfield near Gettysburg, Pa., throwing themselves at the rebels who broke through the lines.
“It was pretty nasty. They were driven back across the wheatfield and shot up pretty badly,” said Joseph Bilby, [...]
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August 27, 2009 | Posted by javal A $500 grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities will support a program at the Swedesboro branch of the Gloucester County Library System celebrating the Lincoln Bicentennial.
The program series is titled “Lincoln: Yesterday and Today,” and will feature interactive performances, music and other educational methods to discuss the life and historical significance of [...]
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August 21, 2009 | Posted by javal Thanks to a generous descendant of prominent 19th-century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, the Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown has unveiled a new exhibit, “The Original Thomas Nast,” which includes more than 15 of his original works.
The exhibit will commemorate Nast’s most popular images, such as the iconic Miss Columbia (whom he frequently used to [...]
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July 8, 2009 | Posted by javal The location of the burial place of John Davis, who was born in Cedarville and was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Civil War, is no longer a mystery, thanks to Laura Phillips.
Phillips is a Florida resident now, but also has Cedarville roots. Her hobby is tracking down people through graveyard and other records. [...]
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June 25, 2009 | Posted by javal Originally presented at the Ocean County Library’s Civil War Living History Encampment, June 13, on the steps of the Ocean County Court House.
We’re here to mark that day in history when the Union held together—so that we, present day Americans, could be free.
For months, after Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president in November [...]
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