You are invited to visit the Society for the grand opening of our newly renovated Birdsall Room. For close to a year, a team of volunteers has worked with professional graphic artist & exhibit designer Stan Cain to completely overhaul the exhibit space on the lower level. The new exhibit starts with a focus on NJ's first inhabitants,the Lenape, & continues with exhibits of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World Wars, the tragic Hindenburg disaster, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and of course, the Jersey Shore.

Spend an afternoon with Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Victoria Woodhull, Alice Paul and Sarah Jane Corson Downs as re-enactors illustrate different pathways to women's suffrage. Dr. Lyndell O'Hara, Professor & Chair, Department of History at Nyack College in New York City & member of the Historical Society of Ocean Grove, NJ, will introduce & clarify the linkages among these women in their quest for the freedom to vote in their respective lives. To reserve your seat at this riveting performance, call 732-341-1880. There is no entry fee, but donations are accepted. Refreshments will be served.

Thanks to funding by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, we invite you to welcome author & Professor Emeritus of History at Union College, Dr. Laurence Hogan. Dr. Hogan will introduce us to a veteran Negro Leaguer, as well as to Kevin Kane, author of "KC at the Bat."  Selections from the documentary, "Before You Can Say Jackie Robinson," will be shown. You will learn about the rich relationships in "Blackball" during the segregation era in the US & NJ. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.