Hopewell Valley History Project
Preserving Our History
The Hopewell Township Police Department is celebrating its 50th anniversary (1994-2024) as a full-time police department this summer – and has kindly shared the 50th Anniversary Brochure plus department patches and other materials to memorialize the event. The department was started as a part-time operation in the 1920’s or early 1930’s. The full-time department then … Continue reading Hopewell Township Police – 50th Anniversary Brochure
This is a fun collection of material from the Cointreau distillery that operated in Pennington from 1942 through 1967. These include colorful liqueur labels, collections of mini-bottles, and photos including a 1960s staff photo with names. These are all thanks to the Jamieson family, whose grandparents lived next to the Cointreau plant and worked there. … Continue reading The Cointreau Distillery at the Straube Center
Our Hopewell Valley and towns are seeped in history – deep in the names and landscape and buildings around us. One fun way to get out and around and explore this past is with a history tour – driving around the area and walking in the towns. You also can explore virtually online to learn … Continue reading Explore Historic Hopewell Valley – House and Street Tours
The May 2024 updates to the History Project focused on the St. Michael’s Orphanage presentation and videos and images of local Memorial Day activities. (See Site Updates for more.) By the numbers, we finished the month with 323 files in the Archives, including 161 documents and 162 maps and aerials. The Image Gallery now has … Continue reading May 2024 Update – St. Michael’s Presentation
It’s Memorial Day weekend, with the Hopewell Borough parade on Sunday at 1 pm, and the Pennington Parade on Monday at 11 am. Local veterans groups also will be holding memorial observance throughout the weekend. The public is welcome to attend these events. == View full 2024 Schedule of Hopewell Memorial Day Weekend Veterans Events … Continue reading Hopewell Memorial Day Parades and Veterans Observances 2024
Here are four short video clips of local parades and events from the early 1990s, plus photos of the 1990 Pennington Memorial Day parade. The videos include the 1992 Pennington Memorial Day parade, two Titusville Fourth of July parades from 1992 and 1994, and a May Day celebration (with maypole) at Toll Gate Grammar School … Continue reading 1990s Pennington & Titusville Parade Videos
As we look forward to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States, we also are looking back 50 years to the 1976 Bicentennial, and the local quilts that were created to celebrate that event and other related historical anniversaries. (Yes, the 250th also is called the Semiquincentennial – as in half of five times … Continue reading Pennington Bicentennial Quilts
The Hopewell Township Police Department is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a full-time police department this year. The 50th anniversary event is scheduled for Saturday June 8, 2024 at 1 pm at Woolsey Park. There will be vendors, food trucks, games, etc., and a newly rebuilt retro police car alongside current vehicles. As part of … Continue reading Hopewell Police History & Township 50th Anniversary
This remarkable collection of 1960s and 70s photos of local train stations document the decline and end of passenger train service through our area. These 22 photos focus on the Hopewell Borough and Pennington Borough train stations, and also include views of the Belle Mead and Weston-Manville stations. These were kindly shared by Harry Abendroth, … Continue reading Train Station Photos by Harry Abendroth
This Pennington N. J. Fire Company 125th Anniversary Booklet was published in 2016, and includes 64 pages with photos and information on current and past officers, members, and equipment. There are also extensive sections on the history of the history of the Fire Company and the Ladies Auxiliary. The Pennington Fire Company is one of … Continue reading Pennington Fire Company 125th Anniversary – 2016
