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Nov. 6 ‘100 Years and More of Votes for Women’ Pink Tea to Feature Acclaimed Author, Historian Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi

Nov. 6 ‘100 Years and More of Votes for Women’ Pink Tea to Feature Acclaimed Author, Historian Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi

KENILWORTH, N.J., August 18, 2021 – Nationally acclaimed author and historian Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi will highlight women’s valiant, decades-long struggle in winning the right to vote, particularly the efforts of local and Union County pathfinders, during a Victorian “Pink Tea” to be presented by the Kenilworth Historical Society on Sat., Nov. 6, 2021, in celebration of “100 Years and More of Votes for Women.”  In…read more →

4 Sep, 2021
Oct. 30 Bus Trip to Wind Creek/Bethlehem (Pa.) Casino to Benefit Nitschke House

Oct. 30 Bus Trip to Wind Creek/Bethlehem (Pa.) Casino to Benefit Nitschke House

The Kenilworth Historical Society will host a bus trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino (formerly known as the Sands) in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, October 30, 2021. ​The trip will depart Kenilworth (St. Theresa’s School parking lot) at 8:30 a.m. and return to Kenilworth at approximately 5:30 p.m.  Cost of $48 includes comfortable motor coach transportation, an approximate 6-hour visit…read more →

4 Sep, 2021
Kenilworth Communitywide Garage Sale Slated for October 9 and October 10

Kenilworth Communitywide Garage Sale Slated for October 9 and October 10

A Communitywide Garage Sale will be held in Kenilworth on Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10. This major annual event, sponsored by the Kenilworth Historical Society, will take place, rain or shine, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day. There are usually nearly 200 participating residences.  Residents who register and pay a $12 fee to hold garage sales at their homes anytime during the October 9/October 10 weekend will receive a certificate…read more →

13 Aug, 2021
New KHS Virtual Program — “Pack Horse Library Project” — Released in Celebration of National Book Lovers Day

New KHS Virtual Program — “Pack Horse Library Project” — Released in Celebration of National Book Lovers Day

Aug. 9, 2021 — The Kenilworth Historical Society is celebrating National Book Lovers Day with the release of a new virtual program (link to which is provided below) highlighting the fascinating story of the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky, a unique initiative that, between 1935 and 1943, brought packhorse-riding librarians, books and hope to isolated, impoverished Kentuckians living…read more →

12 Aug, 2021
Bus Trip to Atlantic City’s Tropicana Casino to Benefit Nitschke House

Bus Trip to Atlantic City’s Tropicana Casino to Benefit Nitschke House

The Kenilworth Historical Society will host a bus trip to the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The trip will depart Kenilworth (St. Theresa’s School parking lot) at 8 a.m. and return to Kenilworth at approximately 6:30 p.m.  Cost of $48 includes comfortable motor coach transportation, an approximate 6-hour visit to the casino and $10 in free slot play….read more →

20 Jun, 2021
Author Jacob Schaad, Jr. To Highlight History of Upsala College, Formerly Located in New Orange/Kenilworth During a June 21 Program/Book-Signing Event

Author Jacob Schaad, Jr. To Highlight History of Upsala College, Formerly Located in New Orange/Kenilworth During a June 21 Program/Book-Signing Event

Author and reporter Jacob Schaad, Jr. will highlight the history of Upsala College, which from 1898-1924 was located in Kenilworth (then known as New Orange), during a program being presented by the Kenilworth Public Library and the Kenilworth Historical Society, in coordination with Kenilworth historian Walter E. Boright, Ed.D., on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 7 p.m. All are invited to…read more →

19 Jun, 2021
‘100 Years and More of Votes for Women’ Exhibition Unveiled at Nitschke House

‘100 Years and More of Votes for Women’ Exhibition Unveiled at Nitschke House

In March 2021, the Kenilworth Historical Society commemorated Women’s History Month with a new exhibition – “100 Years and More of Votes for Women” — at the Oswald J. Nitschke House “living history” museum and cultural arts center. Through enlightening displays of historic photos, posters, artifacts and other materials, the two-room exhibition tells the story of women’s decades-long struggle to achieve suffrage (the right…read more →

10 May, 2021
Remembering Famed Aviator/WWII Hero Jimmy Doolittle’s March 1929 Crash Landing in Kenilworth

Remembering Famed Aviator/WWII Hero Jimmy Doolittle’s March 1929 Crash Landing in Kenilworth

KENILWORTH, N.J., March 16, 2021 — This week in history marks 92 years since famed aviator and World War II hero James (Jimmy) Doolittle, who in 1942 won particular acclaim for his raid on Tokyo, crashed his experimental plane on Kenilworth’s Faitoute Avenue while attempting an emergency landing in dense fog. In personal accounts, Doolittle credited the incident with reinforcing…read more →

21 Mar, 2021
‘Herbs for the Teapot’ Virtual Program Features Useful Tips on Blending and Brewing Herbs for Tea

‘Herbs for the Teapot’ Virtual Program Features Useful Tips on Blending and Brewing Herbs for Tea

Enjoy learning about, blending and brewing a variety of herbal teas in the comfort of your own home this winter through the Kenilworth Historical Society’s new “Herbs for the Teapot” virtual program. Program registrants will be sent an electronic link to a prerecorded, approximate one-hour video presentation by professional clinical herbalist and proprietor Susanna Reppert Brill, who discusses various herbs…read more →

22 Jan, 2021
Meet ‘Victorian Santa’ at Nitschke House During Dec. 6 Holiday Celebration

Meet ‘Victorian Santa’ at Nitschke House During Dec. 6 Holiday Celebration

On Sunday, Dec. 6, from 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., visitors will have an opportunity to meet and take photos with Victorian Santa, safely “social-distanced” on the open front porch of the historic Oswald J. Nitschke House and to visit the site’s outdoor Christkindlmarkt featuring the newly created Kenilworth Commemorative Coverlet, handcrafted wreaths and other gift items and holiday treats/baked…read more →

28 Nov, 2020