Hopewell Valley History Project
Preserving Our History
Here’s a look back at the turn of the century, the infamous Y2K. This is a fun collection of 34 photos of the 2000 Hopewell Borough Memorial Day Parade. These are part of the Kianka collection of Memorial Day photos, kindly donated by Doug Robbins. Joe Kianka was a World War II Navy veteran, and … Continue reading Hopewell Borough Y2K Memorial Day Parade Photos
Have you seen the Hopewell Borough Honor Roll and Service Flag that were created during World War II to honor residents serving in the armed forces? And what about the Honor Rolls for Hopewell Township or Pennington or Washington Crossing / Titusville ? These honor rolls and service flags were commonly created by different groups … Continue reading Where are the Hopewell Valley WW II Honor Rolls?
Here a short video of the 1984 Pennington Memorial Day parade, with glimpses through the trees from a front porch on South Main. The day was overcast and drizzly, with raincoats and umbrellas, but families and kids were out on the streets enjoying the show. The video includes the high school band marching and playing, … Continue reading 1984 Pennington Memorial Day Parade Video
The month of June was focused on follow-up to our earlier postings of Hopewell Memorial Day images, with more donations of photos and materials. As another bonus, the site is now hosting the wonderful Pennington History & Walking Tour site, which was developed by local resident Joe Sinniger. The site was originally developed from a … Continue reading June 2020 Update – Memorial Day and Veterans
Continuing with our Memorial Day theme, we have been investigating the history of the parades, and the local Hopewell veterans groups that helped organize the activities over the years. This turns out to be a yet another somewhat complicated story of Hopewell history … Your feedback and additions are welcome! == Read the full brief … Continue reading Flag Day – Hopewell Borough Veterans Organizations
Thanks to new photos from Terry Devlin, we now have over 60 images of past Memorial Day parades in Hopewell Borough, spanning the 1950s, 1961 to 1970, 1976, and 1992. == Click to view the Hopewell Memorial Day Album (separate site) == The photos are organized by year, and then grouped in sets for each … Continue reading Hopewell Scenes – Memorial Day 1950 – 1990
