Princeton NJ Historical Sites Events Calendar

February 04

Frederick Douglass’s Relevance - For the 21st Century’s Black Lives Matter Protests, Somerset County Library
7:00 PM

Great Minds Salon: The History of Jews in Shanghai, Jewish Center of Princeton
8:00 PM

February 05

Men in Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center
10:00 AM

First Friday Film - "4 Little Girls" - PSRC
1:00 PM

February 06

"In Graves of Their Own:" Reclaiming the Locust Hill Cemetery, William Trent House
1:00 PM

Courthouse Research: Using Probate Records to Research Enslaved Ancestors, African American History and Culture Museum Online
2:00 PM

February 10

Virtual VIP Tour of George Washington’s Mount Vernon
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Same Principle Lives in Us People of African Descent in the American Revolution, Princeton Public Library
7:00 PM

February 12

Regenerative Loop Antennas Discussion, The Sarnoff Collection
7:15 PM

February 16

Black History Month Tribute to Frank Johnson's Music
12:00 PM

February 17

Harriet Hemmings and the Pursuit of Happiness – The Story of Thomas Jefferson’s Enslaved Daughter, Somerset County Library
7:00 PM

February 18

Millions of Abolitionists: The Republican Party and the Struggle to Overthrow the Slave Power, 55 Plus Club
10:00 AM

February 21

African Americans In STEM Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, African American History and Culture Museum Online
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

February 23

Historically Speaking: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the African American Community, African American History and Culture Museum Online
7:00 PM

February 25

The Junior No. 1 Stories, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie
7:00 PM

The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis, 1754-1836 - HCHS Black History Month Program
7:00 PM

Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, New-York Historical Society & PPL
7:00 PM

Understanding Princeton’s African American History
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

February 28

Sundays at the Sarnoff: Unsung WWII Code Breakers and Y-Operator Heroines of Bletchley Park
1:30 PM

March 04

Women in the American Revolution - Seminar, Old Barracks Museum
2:30 PM

Unsung Heroines: The Role of Women in the American Civil War, MCLS
7:00 PM

March 05

The Battle of Brooklyn, Men in Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center
10:00 AM

First Friday Film - "Brooklyn" - PSRC
1:00 PM

March 08

Lewis B. Cuyler Lecture: 1920: The Year That Made the Decade Roar, Historical Society of Princeton
7:00 PM

March 09

Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizabeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars, Labyrinth Books
6:00 PM

March 10

The Origin and Tradition History of Passover and Matsot, Jewish Center of Princeton
7:30 PM

March 11

Women's History Month: Women Justices of the Supreme Court, MCLS
7:00 PM

March 14

The Life of Albert Einstein – for kids! Historical Society of Princeton
3:14 PM

March 16

Historically Speaking: A Women’s History With Ruth E. Carter, National Museum of African American Black History & Culture
7:00 PM

March 17

“Yes! The Suffragists Had Swag!”, Princeton Public Library
4:00 PM

March 25

Amazing African American Women, Princeton Public Library
4:00 PM

Women in Princeton’s History, Historical Society of Princeton
7:00 PM

March 27

Women's History Month - The Legend: The Bessie Coleman Story, MCLS
8:00 PM

March 30

Author Discussion: Kate Quinn and Lauren Willig, Princeton Public Library
7:00 PM

April 04

Easter at The White House - Scavenger Hunt Edition
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

April 15

Who Lies Where? Documenting and Mapping Historic Cemeteries, Pennington Public LIbrary
7:00 PM

Silent Voices: Art of the Children of the Mines, Artsbridge Distinguished Artist Series
7:00 PM

Rodin Discovery and the Geraldine R. Dodge Legacy, South Brunswick Public Library
7:00 PM

April 17

Spring Clean Up, Princeton Battlefield State Park
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

April 20

Poetry Palooza, Morven Museum & Garden
2:00 PM

Historical Fiction Book Group: Hamnet
6:30 PM

April 25

The History of Blues in America, Princeton Public Library
3:00 PM

April 26

A Passage in Relief, Lewis Center for the Arts
1:30 PM

April 29

Virtual Tour of Historic Princeton, MCLS
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Author Robert Strauss: “John Marshall: The Final Founder”, Princeton Public Library
7:00 PM

May 03

Hallowed Ground: Putting the Civil War Dead to Rest, MCLS
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

May 06

LIVE Chamber Music Concert @Morven, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
6:00 PM

Evening Series: The Hindenburg Disaster and Airships in New Jersey, NJ State Museum
8:00 PM

May 08

Locust Hill Cemetery Restoration & Clean Up
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

May 13

LIVE Chamber Music Concert @Morven, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
6:00 PM

Virtual Living History: Theodore Roosevelt, Pennington Public Library
7:00 PM

May 15

Historical Society of Princeton Virtual House Tour
9:00 AM

Downtown History Walk, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie
10:00 AM

May 16

VIRTUAL: A Taste of History with Chef Walter Staib
2:00 PM

May 20

A Local History of Tuckerton, New Jersey State Library
10:00 AM

LIVE Chamber Music Concert @Morven, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
6:00 PM

“Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir” - Author Presentation and Discussion, Princeton Public Library
7:00 PM

May 27

LIVE Chamber Music Concert @Morven, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
6:00 PM

How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor
8:00 PM

May 29

Flag Ceremony, 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Reenactors & Kiwanis Club of Trenton
10:00 AM

Walking Tour of the Andrew & Hannah Drake Farmstead at the Watershed Reserve
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

May 30

Memorial Day Program, Battlefield State Park
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

June 02

In Remembrance of Greenwood, Tulsa Race Massacre Panel Discussion
7:00 PM

June 03

A Proud Heritage The African American Presence and Contribution in the Sourland Mountain Region & Surrounding Area
6:30 PM

June 05

Garden Tour, Roebling Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

June 10

House Tour Special Lecture, Historical Society of Princeton
7:00 PM

June 12

Historic Frenchtown Walking Tour
10:00 AM

Old Mill Hill Society Annual Garden Tour
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

June 13

Pre-Owned History Book Sale and Battlefield Tours, Princeton Battlefield Society
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

June 26

Vintage Baseball Game, Historical Society of Princeton
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Shameless Name Dropping Tour, Princeton Tour Company
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

June 30

July 4th Scavenger Hunt, Historical Society of Princeton
8:00 AM

July 04

Reading of The Declaration of Independence, Princeton Battlefield
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

July 13

The History of Craft Beer with John Holl, NJ State Library
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

July 15

Virtual Delaware River Program, Hunterdon Land Trust
7:00 PM

July 17

Songs and Stories of the American Revolution Performed by Matthew Dodd, Washington Crossing State Park
2:00 PM

July 31

Stony Brook Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

August 02

Reflecting on the Work of James Baldwin and Black Masculinity, National Museum of African American History and Culture
7:00 PM

August 17

The Launch of Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap, National Museum of African American History and Culture
7:00 PM

August 26

Hopewell Women's Equality Day Celebration
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

August 28

Stony Brook Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

On the Road to Victory at Yorktown – The Encampment in Trenton, August 1781 0 - Re-enactment
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

September 01

Wednesday Night Lecture Series, Hopewell Public Library
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

September 04

The 38th Annual Howell Farm Plowing Match
10:00 AM

September 09

Staged Reading and Discussion: "After the Dust Settles", Princeton Public Library
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

REACTIVATING MEMORY Shuffle Along and the Tulsa Race Massacre: A Centennial Symposium, Princeton University
7:30 PM

September 10

Men in Retirement - Princeton Then and Now, PSRC
10:00 AM

September 11

Back to School, Howell Farm
10:00 AM

Historic Stony Brook Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton
10:00 AM

September 12

Young Patriots Day at the Princeton Battlefield
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

September 18

Princeton University Eating Clubs Tour, Historical Society of Princeton
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Ned Hector in the Revolutionary War, Mercer County Library, Hickory Corner Branch
11:30 AM

Harrowing History, Bordentown Historical Society
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

September 25

Canning Day, Howell Farm
10:00 AM

Outwater’s Militia Encampment - A Re-enactment - Washington Crossing State Park
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Night Under the Stars, Annual Benefit for Historical Society of Princeton
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Harrowing History, Bordentown Historical Society
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

September 26

Pole Farm History Walk, Mercer Meadows
1:30 PM

October 01

“A History of Ireland in 100 (and More) Words,” Fund for Irish Studies Lecture Series
4:30 PM

October 02

Harrowing History, Bordentown Historical Society
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM