The New Hanover Twp Historical Society of Bur. Co. NJ

06/19/2026

Borrowed the meme... But it opens up a wonderful discussion on military uniforms and different materials used over the centuries. As we know with the warm weather here over the last several months has had some high temps and humidities, can you imagine being in full British military uniform with mainly wool broadcloth jackets, vests undergarments and breaches. Well the Continental Army was using primarily linen uniforms during the warm weather, which could be grown and produced here. Something simple as clothing can really have an impact on soldiers performance

06/17/2026

The Battle of the Rosebud June 17th 1876, precedes Little Bighorn
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The Battle of Rosebud took place on June 17, 1876. In the morning hours along Rosebud Creek, General George Crook with approximately 1000 troopers along with Crow and Shoshone scouts, were unprepared for the organized Native force of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors led by Crazy Horse and Two Moon. Crook had come north from Wyoming to locate Sioux and Cheyenne villages as part of a larger campaign to relocate all Native Americans to reservations. The battle lasted eight hours on the rolling hills of Southeastern Montana and was one of the largest battles of the Indian Wars. The Cheyenne and Lakota warriors combined forces to defend their land and retain their way of life, successfully driving Crook and his army back.

Known to the Cheyenne as the “Battle where the Girl Saved Her Brother,” this battle symbolized the bravery of Buffalo Calf Road Woman, a Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded brother, Chief Comes in Sight. Her rescue helped rally the Cheyenne warriors.

Eight days later, inspired by their success, these same warriors would find victory against George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Greasy Grass / Little Bighorn on June 25 and 26, 1876.

Image: General Crook's Army crossing the west fork of Goose Creek the day before the Battle of the Rosebud, June 18th, 1876: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

06/12/2026

New Hanover Township must open up and stop this diversion of Green Acres public funded space! Unqualified people making decisions on publicly funded historical buildings caused destruction and is inappropriate in multiple ways! We must hold them accountable. Contact the DEP or the Department of Community Affairs. This 47-year veteran of the US military and Medal of Honor recipient deserves to have his legacy intact and open to the public.
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06/11/2026

We'll be there! 1-6 Near the Burlington County Prison with our table. Come join us 🇺🇸
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06/09/2026

Be sure to join in! Online tonight
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Join us tonight at 7 pm CT for History Talks!

You can register for this free virtual event at https://www.sdhsf.org/events/events.html.

Author Sandy Barnard will present on his book “Celebrating Custer’s Last Stand: 150 Years Commemorating the Battle of the Little Big Horn.” The Battle of the Little Big Horn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, was fought on June 25–26, 1876, and marked a watershed in relations between American Indian tribes and the U.S. government. “Celebrating Custer’s Last Stand” collects 150 photographs, many previously unpublished, of the anniversary commemorations over the last 150 years at what is now the Little Bighorn National Monument. Barnard will discuss these photographs and explore what happened at the significant anniversaries at the site to reveal how the memory of the battle and its participants has transformed since 1876.

06/08/2026

The General Godfrey estate is a nationally registered historic site with the house dating from 1700. The period of significance is 1907 to 1932 while Godfrey had resided there. But don't forget this house and lands saw the formation of New Jersey when it was East Jersey and West Jersey before we had become a country.

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in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act — and quietly handed every president after him one of the most powerful conservation tools in American history.

The law was short. Its operative clause gave the President authority to "declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest" as national monuments. No congressional approval required. Just a presidential signature.

Roosevelt would use that authority eighteen times before leaving office.

He used it three months later to create the first national monument: Devils Tower, in northeastern Wyoming. He used it to protect the Petrified Forest in Arizona. He used it on January 11, 1908, to draw a protective line around the Grand Canyon — over the loud objections of mining and grazing interests. He used it to safeguard Muir Woods, El Morro, Montezuma Castle, and a long list of places today's Americans visit by the millions and assume have always been protected.

They have not always been protected. They were protected because a President signed a piece of paper on June 8, 1906, and then used the pen it gave him.

The Antiquities Act has been used by every president since — Republican and Democratic, conservative and progressive. The places it has saved cover tens of millions of acres. It is, by almost any measure, one of the most consequential conservation laws in the world.

It started here.