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  • Dates and Times the Meeting House (Joseph Bonaparte Exhibit) is Open

    • 05/02/2026
    • 11:00 AM
    • 07/18/2026
    • 4:00 PM
    • 302 Farnsworth Ave

    Here are the  dates and times the Meeting House and our Joseph Bonaparte Exhibit is open:

    May 2nd: 11am to 5pm

    May 9th: 9am to 1pm  This is the day of the City Wide Yard Sales and our event with Susan Plaisted at Carslake Community Center (from 3-3:30pm)

    May 16th: 11am-6pm. This is the day of the City's Spring into Bordentown event and the unveiling of our Rev War Banners designed by BRHS History Club students

    May 30th: 11am-4pm

    June 6th: 11am-4pm. The is the day of our  fantastic History in Bloom Garden tour (see below for more information)

    June 13th: 11am-1pm. This is the day of the Flag Day program at Old City Hall.

    June 20th: 11am-4pm

    June 27th: 11am-4pm

    July 11th: 11am-4pm

    July 18th: 11am-4pm

    Any questions -  please email us at bordentownhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or call 609-298-1740

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07/04/2026 JULY 4th CELEBRATION
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06/06/2026 BHS' Annual Garden Tour
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05/16/2026 Spring Into Bordentown City
05/09/2026 Colonial Tea - a lecture and tasting by Susan Plaisted
04/20/2026 BHS General Membership Meeting
04/11/2026 Dining in the Gilded Age - A Lecture by Becky Diamond
03/28/2026 Clarifying Clara Barton - A Lecture by BHS Co-President Bonnie Goldman
03/28/2026 Geology Walk with BHS Director Pierre Lacombe
03/27/2026 DBA's Chocolate Walk
03/21/2026 The Science of Espionage, A Lecture by Dean Howarth focusing on Patience Lovell Wright
03/14/2026 Revolutionary Sculptress and Spy Patience Wright and her Scandalous Son: a Lecture by Joella Clamen
03/07/2026 Bordentown City Community Engagement Day
02/28/2026 A Lecture about William F Powell by BHS Director Dr. Michael Skelly
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12/20/2025 Clara Barton's 204th Birthday Celebration
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09/27/2025 Von Donop's Defeat:Burlington Co. and the Preludes to Trenton and Princeton: a lecture by Dr. Colin Zimmerman
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06/07/2025 THE BHS ANNUAL HISTORY IN BLOOM GARDEN TOUR
05/31/2025 Lecture by Joella Clamen about Patience Lovell Wright and her son Joseph
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02/15/2025 Black History Month Program - The Manual Training and Industrial School: Context and Curriculum
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12/07/2024 Lecture by Furniture and Clock restoration expert, Gregg Perry, on European Watergilding
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