Saturday: May 28th 1:00 PM Virtual In 1876, the New Jersey Geological Survey was forced to find ways of measuring the disease-causing potential of a water supply without actually knowing …
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Passaic County Book Festival Saturday, June 4 11:00 - 3:00PM Weasel Brook Park Join us for our book festival. Enjoy the day with a good book, pick up a gift …
Virtual Lecture Believe it or not, the American War for Independence did not end in 1781 at the Siege of Yorktown. Explore the important issues and events that occurred after …
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As a subgenre of science fiction, Steampunk is an alternate world free of electricity and gas-powered engines. We have forgotten that at one time Steampunk was not a fantasy, but …
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The Paterson Silk strike began in February 1913 and was a part of a larger industrial conflict that raged in the eastern United States from 1909 and 1913. Evelyn Hershey, …
American women's fashion changed drastically between 1830 - 1920. One of the ways we can study this change is through their undying pursuit for equal rights through voting. With each …
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