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September, 2017
September, 2017

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Friday, September 01, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 01, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 01, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Friday, September 01, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Saturday, September 02, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 02, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 02, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Saturday, September 02, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Sunday, September 03, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Monday, September 04, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Thursday, September 07, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 07, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 07, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Thursday, September 07, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Friday, September 08, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 08, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 08, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Friday, September 08, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Saturday, September 09, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 09, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 09, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Saturday, September 09, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Sunday, September 10, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Monday, September 11, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
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Category: New Jersey

Film Screening: In Love and War
Dates: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 12:00pm - 02:30pm

The Scotch Plains Public Library will show movies about World War I each Friday in October. The third film will be In Love and War (PG-13, 115 min).  The epic love story about Ernest Hemingway and the romance which inspired him to write his masterpiece “A Farewell To arms”. A story of desperate love and imminent danger, it chronicles the relationship between the 18-year old Hemingway and Agnes von Kurowsky, the medical aide who nursed him back to health after a devastating battlefield injury.
Contact: Pamela Brooks, (908) 322-5007; pbrooks@scotlib.org
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
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Category: New Jersey

The Fighting Man in the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:00pm - 01:00pm

Reenactor and military collector John Niemiec will discuss events that led to World War I and display uniforms, equipment and memorabilia of the conflict.
Contact: Deborah Mercer, dmercer@njstatelib.org
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Thursday, September 14, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 14, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 14, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Thursday, September 14, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Friday, September 15, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 15, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 15, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Friday, September 15, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Saturday, September 16, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Sunday, September 17, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Sunday, September 17, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Prelude to War: The Events That Drew the U.S. into WWI
Dates: Monday, September 18, 2017 07:00am - 08:30pm

Professor Timothy White ‘s lecture will orient the audience and give context to the period of time from April 1917- November 1918 that will be covered in subsequent lectures, readings, discussions and films. Focus will be on the developments that led up to US involvement in the war and the major events of the war up to US entry. Timothy White, Assistant Professor of History, New Jersey City University
Contact: Pamela Brooks, (908) 322-5007; pbrooks@scotlib.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Monday, September 18, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

,

 

Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

,

 

Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Thursday, September 21, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Thursday, September 21, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Thursday, September 21, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Thursday, September 21, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Friday, September 22, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Friday, September 22, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 22, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 22, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Friday, September 22, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Friday, September 22, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Saturday, September 23, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Saturday, September 23, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Saturday, September 23, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Saturday, September 23, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Sunday, September 24, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Sunday, September 24, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Monday, September 25, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Over There: Men and Women from Newark Serve on the Western Front
Dates: Monday, September 25, 2017 06:00pm

A program sponsored by the Newark History Society and New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The presenter is John Zinn, Chairman of the Board, New Jersey Historical Society.  The program will take place in the Chase Room at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Open to the public at no cost. RSVPs requested. Please RSVP by September 21 to NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 917-254-5028.
Contact: NewarkHisotrySociety@verizon.net or call 917-254-5028
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Category: New Jersey

War Illustration: A Straight Unbroken Line
Dates: Monday, September 25, 2017 07:00pm - 08:30pm

Propaganda Posters of WW1 -- Dennis Dittrich, illustrator, and Associate Professor of Art, New Jersey City University Observations from an Illustrator Embedding with Warriors in Training and on The Front Lines -- Victor Juhasz, illustrator Dennis Dittrich will speak about the work of illustrators during WW I.  Dittrich served as Society of Illustrators President from 2008 to 2014. He is an active member of the Society’s Air Force Art Program with work in the USAF art collection. Currently an Associate Professor at New Jersey City University, Dittrich also teaches The History of American Illustration at Fashion Institute of technology in NYC. Victor Juhasz has been ...
Contact: Pamela Brooks, (908) 322-5007; pbrooks@scotlib.org
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
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Category: New Jersey

New Jersey World War I Monuments
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:00pm - 01:00pm

Historian and researcher Erik Burro will share stories about many of the World War I monuments located throughout the Garden State.
Contact: Deborah Mercer, dmercer@njstatelib.org
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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Thursday, September 28, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Thursday, September 28, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 28, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Thursday, September 28, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Thursday, September 28, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Thursday, September 28, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Friday, September 29, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey

Embattled Emblems: Posters and Flags of the First World War
Dates: Saturday, September 30, 2017 09:00am - 04:45pm

On the eve of World War I, President (and former Governor of New Jersey) Woodrow Wilson faced the difficult task of transforming the American people into a pro-war populace willing to make supreme sacrifices for the country. Replete with patriotic images and rhetoric, posters used the power of illustration art to raise money for the war effort and induce a changing American mindset towards war. Whereas posters formed a chief source of propaganda on the home front, military flags served a similar purpose on the battlefront. Once overseas, the American Expeditionary Force used the patriotic form of the flag – a ...
Contact: Nicholas Ciotola - nicholas.ciotola@sos.nj.gov
130

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Category: New Jersey

Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I Exhibit
Dates: Saturday, September 30, 2017 09:00am - 05:00pm

“Over Here: Newark Mobilizes for World War I” is an exhibit prepared by Dr. George Robb and will  be at the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street. Dr. Robb is a widely published historian and Newark resident, and also a professor of history at William Paterson University. This outstanding WWI exhibit, will contain historic photographs, sheet music, pamphlets, posters, and other materials from the Library’s and his personal collections.  It’s well worth seeing!  It will be available for viewing in the Main Library’s third floor gallery from April 6 throughout the rest of the year. For more information contact The Newark Historical Society at NewarkHistorySociety@verizon.net or by calling 973.376.8273.
Contact: Thomas Ankner, 973-733-7775
455

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Category: New Jersey

Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 30, 2017 10:00am - 03:00pm

Liberty Hall Museum will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States entering with World War I with an exhibit entitled, “Brothers in Arms: Memories of the Great War”, in which the museum will look at the service of Captain John Kean, his brother Congressman, Robert W. Kean, as well as their three Roosevelt cousins, George, John and Philip. The exhibit, using firsthand accounts from their letters and postcards sent home, as well as, photographs and personal objects, will allow visitors to walk in their footsteps as they were sent off to basic training in 1917 to fighting overseas ...
Contact: libertyhall@kean.edu
309

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Category: New Jersey

Send the Word: New Jersey and the Great War
Dates: Saturday, September 30, 2017 10:00am - 05:00pm

Experience New Jersey's World War One history through music, armaments, uniforms and other artifacts. 
Contact: Maribel Jusino-Iturralde, maribel@jerseyhistory.org
674

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Category: New Jersey

World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
Dates: Saturday, September 30, 2017 02:00pm - 07:00pm

The Hoboken Historical Museum opens a new exhibit that focuses on how the city and its residents were transformed after the United States entered World War I. "World War I Centennial: Heaven, Hell or Hoboken," which runs through December 23, will feature silent films of soldiers at the Hoboken port. It will also show government posters meant to promote the local draft registration and urge people at home to buy war bonds, conserve resources and help with the war effort. During that time, Hoboken became the main port for the U.S. Expeditionary Forces headed to Europe. In addition, personal photographs, letters, uniforms ...
Contact: www.hobokenmuseum.org
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Category: New Jersey

A Year in the Trenches
Dates: Saturday, September 30, 2017 08:00pm - 10:00pm

A Year in the Trenches, by NJ playwright James Rana, an engaging theatre piece dramatizing NJ's essential part in The Great War, will be performed as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival in March 2017!  The Stages Festival is a month-long statewide celebration of live theater. NJTA member theaters East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May and the Bickford Theatre of Morristown will be co-producing the event. Full information and details can be found at www.stagesfestival.org in January, 2017. For related information about the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, visit www.njta.org.
Contact: East Lynne Theater Company
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Category: New Jersey