Future Events
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August 10th and 11th, 2024
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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.”
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September 7, 2024 (Rain date September 8, 2024)
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Ice Cream Social Featuring “The Last Whippoorwill”
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its Annual Ice Cream Social at its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd. A featured attraction this time will be “The Last Whippoorwill,” a well known local bluegrass band. Society members will make and sell various ice cream treats, such as, sundaes, root beer floats and ice cream sodas. Soft drinks will also be available for purchase. The ice cream is being donated by SUNDAE’S of Point Pleasant.
Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic lunch (no grills please) and enjoy the event. Seating is available on a first come first serve basis, but people are welcome to bring their own folding chairs.
Parking is in a lot 150 east of the museum accessed by a driveway with a sign that says “Havens Farm.”
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September 9, 2024
Day Trip to the Doo Wop Experience, Etc in Wildwood
The Brick Township Historical Society is sponsoring a trip to the DOO WOP MUSEUM EXPERIENCE and the Neon Sign Garden, the WILDWOOD HISTORICAL BUILDING and adding a step-on guide for a city tour. Learn about the doo wop culture, the Art Deco architecture and everything else that made Wildwood famous in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Lunch at the MUD HEN BREWERY is included, plus all admissions, transportation and gratuities. Bus leaves from the Laurel Square Shopping Center, 1930 Rt. 70 in Brick. For availability/reservation please call 732-785-2500 (Havens Homestead Museum) and leave your name and phone number clearly and slowly. The tour leader will call you back.
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September 10, 2024
7:30 pm
Meeting & Program about George Washington
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. Jeff Schenker will present a program called “George Washington: The Indispensable Man.” Schenker is an adjunct professor at Ocean County College, and he retired from Toms River High School South where he taught advanced placement classes for 34 years.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.