Future Events
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March 12th, 2024
7:30 pm
Meeting
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at 7:30 pm at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd. Daniel J. Lieb of the NJ Historical Divers Association will present a program about the mystery of a local shipwreck and how it was identified. A careful review of the artifacts recovered over the years by area divers and an exhaustive search of public records was needed before positive identification of the wreck could be ascertained.
Meetings are open to the public. Please enter the firehouse in the rear by the door on the right on ground level.
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April 13th
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Museum Opening
The Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd., will reopen for tours for the new season April 13, 2024. The tour hours are 10 am to Noon. It will be open on Saturdays through October, except for holiday weekends and during the yard sale. The Annual Yard Sale is April 20 with two rain dates: April 21 and 27. May 4 and 5 the museum is is open for an art show on the first floor.
A private tour can also be arranged by calling 732-785-2500.
Admission is free, and donations are gratefully accepted.
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April 20th, 2024 (Rain Date April 21, 2024)
8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Giant Annual Yard Sale
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its Annual Giant Yard Sale at its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd. There will be a vast selection of reasonably priced merchandise plus an array of costume jewelry. A NJ licensed dealer will be available to buy unwanted gold/silver. The society will host a homemade bake sale. The Lizzie Herbert Gift Shop will have specials.
Admission is free.
Parking is in a lot 150 ft. east of the museum accessed by a blue sign that says “Havens Farm.”
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May 4th and 5th
10:00 am – 2:00 pm both days
Art Show at the Museum in Memory of JoAnne Zezula
The Brick Township Historical Society will honor the late Joanne Zezula who was a well known local artist, history teacher and a founding member of the the Society with some of her works and some from her artist friends. This will be at the Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd. on May 4 and 5 from 10 am to 2 pm on both days. Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.
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June 11th
7:30pm
Meeting
The Brick Township Historical Society will host a meeting about the Civil War at 7:30 pm at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd. Jim Heine, the society president, who is also a Civil War reenactor and amateur historian, will present a program called “The Heroes that Saved Washington, D.C.” This will focus on the 14th NJ Infantry in which many men from Brick served during the war. Jim also has many funny, intriguing, and some sad human interest stories from the Civil War to share.
Free admission; the public is welcome. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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August 10th and 11th, 2024 See Hours Below
Civil War Encampment
The Brick Township Historical Society will sponsor the 61st NY Volunteer Regiment for a Civil War Encampment at its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd. Visiting hours for the public are August 10 from 10 am to to 3 pm and August 11 from 10 am to 2 pm.
Admission is free and donations are greatly appreciated.
The soldiers will march, fire guns, interact with the public and explain what life was like during an encampment. They sleep in tents and make their own food over a fire pit.
Society members will be grilling and selling hamburgers and frankfurters and soft drinks. There will be a homemade bake sale, and the Lizzie Herbert Gift Shop will feature specials. Tours of the museum will be available.
Parking is in a lot 150 ft. east of the museum accessed by a driveway with a blue sign that says “Havens Farm.”