Naval Air Station Wildwood

Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to restore Hangar #1 at the Cape May County Airport, Lower Township, New Jersey, into an aircraft museum honoring the 42 Naval airmen who perished while training there during World War II. Hangar # 1, erected circa 1943, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in September of 1997. NASW's museum, open year-round, offers programs and exhibits aimed at educating students and the public about New Jersey's aviation history. The museum also maintains a research and lending library and an archive.

THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION! NJHC was named recipient of a 2007 Merit Award from the American Association for State and Local History, "for excellence in programming and outreach." The Commission's work, the AASLH noted, is distinguished by "its exemplary high standards of scholarship fostered within the public sphere. Through conferences, symposia, publications, a grants program, and programs for teachers, the commission has set the very highest standards for all who benefit from its work." Click here to view the award.

New Jersey History journal to be relaunched!

New Jersey History, founded as the Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society in 1845 and published under the direction of the Society until 2005, will be re-launched under the editorial direction of historians at the New Jersey Historical Commission, Kean University, and the Society. This peer-reviewed journal will be published twice annually. The editorial staff invites scholars, students, and writers to submit scholarly articles aimed at a non-specialized audience for its forthcoming issues. We welcome papers from all disciplines—for example, law, literature, political science, anthropology, archaeology, material culture, cultural studies, and social and political history—bearing on any aspects of New Jersey’s history. We are also interested in documents, photographs, and other primary source material that could be published with annotations. Click here for further details or email peter.mickulas@sos.state.nj.us 

Looking for a quick look at New Jersey's rich history? Here's a version that will give you some of this state's most significant events. Click here: A Brief History of New Jersey, by Professor Paul  G. E. Clemens of Rutgers Universtiy.

July 4, 1924 - Actress Eva Marie Saint born in Newark

July 11, 1804 - Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel in Weehawken

July 24, 1974 - Congressman Peter Rodino of Newark opens hearings on impeachment of Richard Nixon

July 30, 1916 - The Black Tom munitions depot is sabotaged and explodes at Jersey City docks