Monday, December 10, 2012
See West Caldwell Historical Society's headquarters and others decked out for the holidays.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
This past weekend Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. invited the public to celebrate the holiday season and participate in the Fourth Annual Essex County Historic Holiday House Tour. Thirteen Essex County historic sites were decorated for the holidays and open to the public for a weekend tour. The tour included Essex County Kip’s Castle in Verona, the Walther House at the Essex County Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in Montclair, Ballantine House at Newark Museum, Canfield-Morgan House and Museum in Cedar Grove, Force Homestead and Museum in Livingston, Glenmont at Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, Grover Cleveland Birthplace in Caldwell and Kingsland Manor and the Nutley Museum in Nutley.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Restored 200-year-old New Jersey militia flag belonging to the Caldwell Troop of the Essex Squadron will be on display for the first time at Historical Society of West Caldwell.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Caldwell’s rare New Jersey Militia Company flag from the War of 1812 has come home. After a year and a half undergoing conservation and stabilization, the fragile, 200-year-old artifact is on display at the Crane Homestead, Westville Avenue, West Caldwell. It may be viewed after the Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Although there were no battles fought within the state of New Jersey during the War of 1812, New Jersey residents were painfully aware of the risks they faced if the British attacked New York Harbor. Many people then living were veterans or civilian survivors of the Revolution when New Jersey earned the title, “Crossroads of the Revolution.” Throughout the Revolution, New Jerseyans experienced …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Grant will help digitize 19th century Caldwell newspaper.
Two local organizations have been awarded grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission. The Historical Society of West Caldwell and the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association each received grants in the amount of $11,556, according to a recent announcement. With its grant money, the Historical Society of West Caldwell plans to collaborate with the Grover Cleveland Birthplace and the Caldwell Public Library to digitize approximately 500 glass negatives, according to historian Beverly W. Crifasi. A collection of The Caldwell Observer, a rare 19th-century newspaper, will be donated by the Baldwin family of North Caldwell to the Historical Society of West Caldwell and will also be digitized, Crifasi added. A total of $191,436 in …
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Take a minute to help the Historical Society of West Caldwell decide.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Historical Society of West Caldwell is currently restoring a War of 1812 flag flown by Caldwell Township, Essex County Cavalry Militia unit between 1812-1820. But board members are stuck on a critical question: which side of the 200-year-old flag should be displayed? One side of the historic flag depicts a horse-mounted soldier representing the “Essex Squadron.” The other features the New Jersey crest flanked by two women and represents the “Caldwell Troop.” The delicate flag cannot be hung vertically, ruling out the option of displaying it in a clear glass encasement. And a clear case which could be flipped is also not feasible, since the painted flag is just too fragile. So what is the historical society to do? Create a survey and …
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
War of 1812 relic being restored by Historical Society of West Caldwell.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A War of 1812 painted militia flag currently undergoing restoration was the topic at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of the Caldwells, which featured special guest Bev Crifasi, historian of the Historical Society of West Caldwell. The Rotary shared with the Patch details about Crifasi's presentation on the rare flag believed to have been flown by the Caldwell Calvary Unit in the early 1800s. The military flag was donated to the Historical Society of West Caldwell in 1994. It is approximately 30 1/2” h x 42” w. It is a two-sided painted flag with different images on each side, against a natural-colored fine plain weave silk ground. The obverse has a profile image of a uniformed man on a rearing horse, below a red ribbon that reads “2__ …
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Mike E. Dunham
8:20 am on Sunday, June 10, 2012
Very fascinating article about the flag and West Caldwell involvement in the War of 1812. Very well wrtten article! I have great interest in the War of 1812 since my great grandfather(3x) was a LT. from VT involved in the Battle of Plattsburg and being a member of the Society of the War of 1812. more ›