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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1S3Z_plainfield-garden-club_Plainfield-NJ.html
The Shakespeare Garden is located in Cedar Brook Park, one of Union County's systems of public parks and recreation spaces. Now more than 75 years old, it is still cared for by the Plainfield Garden Club, historically a volunteer women's organization. It is…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1S4L_florence-spearing-randolph_Summit-NJ.html
Florence Spearing Randolph, born in Charleston, South Carolina on August 9, 1866 was an African-American A.M.E. Zion (Methodist) minister and social activist. She served as Pastor of Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Summit City, from 1925 to 1946. As the …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1S5A_marjorie-cranstoun-jefferson_Summit-NJ.html
Did you know that Marjorie Cranstoun Jefferson: *Was a leader in the Little Theater Movement in the United States? *Co-founded this community theater in 1918? *Directed more than 130 productions in this theater? (She was its director for 51 years, from 1928…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1S66_newark-female-charitable-society_Newark-NJ.html
Founded in 1803, the Newark Charitable Society (now called the Newark Day Center) is one of the oldest social service agencies in the United States. After a plea from the pulpit of Old First Presbyterian Church, "Your neighbor is suffering, therefore d…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1S99_the-botto-house_Haledon-NJ.html
The Botto House was the focal point for striking workers during the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913. Eva Botto (standing in this photo) daughter of Pietro and Maria Botto, and a striking silk mill worker, appears with a friend (seated left) and labor leader El…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1S9J_mary-catherine-phillips_Washington-NJ.html
Mary Catherine Phillips, consumer advocate, author, and editor, joined Consumer's Research, a New York-based organization, in 1932. She married one of its founders, Frederick Schlink, that same year. One year later, the entire operation relocated to New Jer…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SAL_howell-living-history-farm_Lambertville-NJ.html
Howell Living History Farm depicts family farm life during the first years of the 20th Century, when both crops and livestock, were raised from livelihood. The farmhouse on the property, while dating back to the early 1800's, is used to illustrate the domes…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SAV_betsey-stockton_Princeton-NJ.html
Betsey Stockton (1798-1865) began life as a slave for the prominent Stockton family in Princeton. When she gained her freedom at the age of 20, she became a missionary, traveling to Hawaii (Sandwich Islands), Canada and Philadelphia, teaching school and som…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SHE_mina-miller-edison_West-Orange-NJ.html
Mina Miller Edison was not content simply to be the wife of America's most famous inventor. As a devout Methodist, she firmly believed that each individual possesses the power to make positive change in their community. Her passion for gardening led her to …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1T5Y_st-marys-hall-historical_Burlington-NJ.html
St. Mary's Hall was established in 1837 by the second Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey - a renowned man of letters, a rector, teacher, poet, author, host, and patriot. The fundamental purpose of the school was for the training of Christian women, while focusi…