Past Events
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January 13. 2026
Meeting / Program
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its first meeting of the new year on January 13, 2026 at 7:30 pm at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. Professor Melissa Ziobro, the Monmouth University Director of Public History and also curator of the Bruce Springsteen Archives, will present the program. Ziobro’s program is called “Born to Run and The American Experience.” She will give a close look at “Born to Run’s” historical context, lyrical depth and cultural resonance. We will learn why it continues to speak so powerfully across the decades to different generations.
Free admission; open to the public. Please park in the rear of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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December 13. 2025
Christmas Cookie Sale – 5th Annual Event – Homemade Cookies
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its Fifth Annual Christmas Cookie Sale at its Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbersville Rd., Brick. Orders need to be placed by December 5 by calling 732-785-2500. Cookies can be picked up either at noon on Dec. 12 or between 10 am and Noon on Dec. 13. A one-pound box of homemade cookies is $15, and the boxes will be attractively decorated for the holidays.
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November 11. 2025
Meeting With Program
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd. Professor and historian Paul Zigo, the director of the WW II Studies Institute, will present a program called “Vietnam: the Early Years – Origins and Escalation.” The session will explore the historical context and early developments that led to the escalation of the Vietnam conflict.
Admission is free, and the public is welcome. Please park in the back of the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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October 11th, 2025
Afternoon Tea
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold their Annual Afternoon Tea at their Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd. Attendees will be treated to several courses including fruit, tea sandwiches, homemade cookies and pastries plus a variety of teas served with antique settings in the ambience of the museum which dates back to 1827. Donation is $25 per person and $22 for society members.
Seating is limited. Please call 732-785-2500 for availability/reservations.
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September 9th, 2025
Meeting
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting with a program at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. Historian and professor Paul Zigo, will present a program on Vietnam, covering the years from 1964 to 1973. Zigo is the director of the WW II Studies Institute.
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.
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September 6, Rain Date September 7, 2025
ICE CREAM SOCIAL with BLUEGRASS BAND
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its Annual Ice Cream Social with a featured attraction – a popular, local bluegrass band called “The Last Whippoorwill.” This will be on the property of the Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd. SUNDAE’S ICE CREAM of Point Pleasant will be donating the ice cream. You are welcome to bring a picnic lunch (no grills please) and enjoy the event. Seating is on a first-come, first-basis, but people can bring their own folding chairs.
FREE ADMISSION. 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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August 9th and 10th, 2025
Cival War Encampment
The Brick Township Historical Society will sponsor the 61st New York Volunteer Regiment for a Civil War Encampment at its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd. Visiting hours for the public are August 9 from 10 am to 3 pm and August 10 from 10 am to 2 pm. Admission is free and donations are greatly appreciated.
The soldiers will interact with the public, march, fire guns 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, frankfurters and soft drinks. They will hold a homemade bake sale, and the Lizzie Herbert Gift Shop will be open with specials. Tours of the museum are also available.
Parking is in a lot 150 ft. east of the museum accessed by a driveway with a blue sign that reads, “Havens Farm.”
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June 17, 2025 (Note: change of date due to firehouse being a polling place)
Meeting & Program to COMMEMORATE the 175th ANNIVERSARY OF BRICK’S HISTORY
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick on June 17 at 7:30 pm. The Township of Brick was founded February 15, 1850 and named after Joseph W. Brick, the owner of Bergen Iron Works. In keeping with the celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the founding, the Society invites the public to share their memories. People are welcome to speak about growing up, spending summer vacations, going to school, working or living in Brick Township.
Admission is free. Please park behind the firehouse and enter by the door on the right on ground level.
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April 26, 2025, Raindate April 27, 2025
Giant Annual Yard Sale
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold its 25th Annual Giant Yard Sale on its Havens Homestead Museum property, 521 Herbertsville Rd., Brick. There will be a great variety of reasonably priced merchandise, including tools and toys, plus a vast display of costume jewelry, fancy belts, purses and other accessories. A NJ licensed gold/silver dealer will be available to buy your unwanted gold and silver. The Society will have a large homemade bake sale, and the Lizzie Herbert Gift Shop has new merchandise and specials. Parking is in a lot 150 ft. east of the museum, and there is another lot behind that one.
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March 11, 2025
Meeting & Program on Baseball Hall-Of-Famers
The Brick Township Historical Society will hold a meeting at the Herbertsville Firehouse, 601 Herbertsville Rd., Brick.
T.J. Fallon, the founder and creator of “Dead History,” will present a power point program called “Gravesites of Baseball Hall-of-Famers.” He has visited the burial place of each of these players, and also, many of the sites of their homes. Fallon has a You Tube Channel which he updates frequently about gravesites of famous people, such as the presidents and the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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.