First Day Walking Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing

Historic New Bridge Landing 1201 Main Street, River Edge

Join Bergen County Historical Society’s Past President and Museum Collection Chair Deborah Powell on Monday January 1st 1 pm- 2:30 pm for a First Day Walking Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing. Learn about the history of three Jersey-Dutch sandstone houses on site and explore the sites complex history beginning with the Native Americans, the […]

Old Dutch New Year First Day Hike: Jerseyman’s New Year in Virginia, 1774

Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage 71 Somerset Street, Somerville

Enjoy an afternoon walk along Somerville's Peters Brook Greenway and Main Street. Along the way we read passages from the Journal of Philip Vickers Fithian for a Jerseyman in Virginia's account of New Year's Day 1774, unknowingly on the eve of the American Revolution.  Wear sturdy footgear and dress for the weather. Bring water and […]