Saturday, September 13 at 10:30am
St. Lucy’s Church, 118 Seventh Avenue, Newark (Visit to interior of St. Lucy’s followed by tour of the adjacent Museum
Curator: Bob Cascella
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor
Presenter: Karolina Dos Santos
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Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, Centennial Hall, 2nd floor
Presenters: Father Edwin Leahy and Anthiny DePalma
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor
Presenters: George Robb and Linda Forgosh
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 6:00pm
Newark Public Library, James Brown African American Room, 2nd floor
Presenter: Gail Malmgreen
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The Newark History Society has received a new grant of $6,120 for FY2026 from the New Jersey Historical Commission to fund ongoing work on the Newark Archives Project database. Overall, the Society has raised more than $300,000 for the Newark Archives Project since 2009.
At the 2012 New Jersey Forum on November 17, 2012, the New Jersey Historical Commission presented its Award of Recognition to the Newark History Society “for Outstanding Service to Public Knowledge and Preservation of the History of New Jersey”. Ronald Becker, Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers in New Brunswick, made the presentation to the Society on behalf of NJHC.