Our meetings are held at the Dr. Carl Hanson House, 38 Springfield Ave. in Cranford and begin at 2:00 pm unless otherwise noted.
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| March 3, 2024 |
Linda Kenyon as “Eleanor Roosevelt” |
| April 14, 2024 |
Spring luncheon/Garden Restaurant Dr. Richard Veit |
| May 19, 2024 |
Student Scholarship Awards |
| August 18, 2024 |
Executive Board Meeting |
| Sept. 8, 2024 |
Annual Picnic |
| Oct. 6, 2024 |
Guest Speaker, TBA |
| December 8, 2024 |
Holiday Program |
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Note: Executive Board meetings will be held at 1:30 pm before each regular meeting of the Society. Board members are requested to attend in order to conduct any necessary business. |
Newsletter
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Dr. Wanda Lundy, Pastor of the Siloam-Hope First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth presented a program
on the 313+ Ancestors Speak Project. |
| Annual Luncheon 2023 |
Joanne Rajoppi, Dr Maxine Lurie, Charles Shallcross |
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| UCHS Student Awards 2023 |
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| From l to r, they are Layla Soares, Union High School who will attend Penn State University; Klaudia Lukomska, Linden High School, whose college is not yet determined; Breona Pizzuta, Cranford High School, who will attend Rochester Institute of Technology and Joseph Uglialoro, Cranford High School, who will attend Princeton University. |
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| December 2022 |
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| Dr. Walter Boright, second from right, is congratulated on his presentation by Society President Joanne Rajoppi, Mark Wills, on the left and retired Sheriff Officer Gerald Marko, at right. Mr. Wills and Mr. Marko were "surprise" guests who had first hand knowledge of Robert Zarinsky, the subject of Dr. Boright’s October talk. |
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| December 2022 |
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The Cover Girls - Union County residents Kathy Martin and Mary Damato, performed
at our December 11th holiday party. |
| 2022 Student Awards |
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L to R: Tatiana Dilollo, Elizabeth Miller, Richard Esperon, Charles Shallcross,
Heavyn Kamora Foster, Amelia Moraghan, and Joanne Rajoppi |
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| Annual Luncheon 2022 |
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| Guest Speaker Dr. Jonathan Lurie |
Luncheon 2022 |
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| William “Bill” Frolich, Jr. Way was Dedicated in Roselle on November 11th 2021 |
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| May Meeting Show & Tell |
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| The October Meeting was held under a tent at Liberty Hall with guest speaker Hanna Gaston telling the story of ghost Hannah Caldwell. |
| October 2020 Meeting at Liberty Hall |
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| The October Meeting was held under a tent at Liberty Hall with guest speaker Hanna Gaston telling the story of ghost Hannah Caldwell. |
| Holiday Program 2019 |
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| Pam and Walter Boright |
Pam and Walter Boright and Paul Koslowski |
Charles Shallcross, Joanne Rajoppi, Cranford Mayor Patrick Giblin |
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| 2019 Annual Student Awards |
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| Emma Herber |
Simeranjit Kaur |
Asiyah Muhammad |
Michael Cao |
| Amy Diaz was unable to attend |
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| History Lives at the Elizabeth Public Library |
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| Aimee Fernandez-Puente |
Library Presentation |
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| December 2018 Holiday Meeting |
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| 2018 Student Awards |
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| Pictured left to right: Benjamin Schachter Summit High School, Jaqueline Pothier Kent Place School and Gianna Lepanto Mother Seton Regional High School, with Michael Yesenko, awards chairman, Richard Esperon, Committee member, and Charles Shallcross, Society President. Recipient Aiseosa Iyahen Hillside High School was unable to attend. |
| 2018 Indoor Picnic |
Rahway River Parkway |
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| Annual Luncheon April 8, 2018 |
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| Paul Salomone presenting Elizabeth Resolutes baseball being played today with1866 rules. |
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| Dave Rogers Presenting Singer Manufacturing Program |
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| 2017 Student Awards |
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| 2017 Student Award Recipients and Families |
2017 Student Awards Recipients Catherine Figueirido, Elizabeth High School, Caitlyn McGovern, Kent Place School, Cameron Scalera, Westfield High School, and Rabia Brown, Union High School. Pictured in the second row are Union County Historical Society Student Awards Chairman Michael Yesenko and Charles Shallcross Union County Historical Society President. |
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| Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi's newly published book! |
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| Author Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi presented the program at our luncheon and spoke about her most recent book - Northern Women in the Aftermath of the Civil War. |
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| Annual Luncheon April 2, 2017 |
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| Shown above, at our Annual Luncheon April 2, 2017, are Society members and guests enjoying a pleasant and informative afternoon. Center Photo: Union County Courthouse Commemorative Post with past President Michael Yesenko, County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi, Freeholder Vernell Wright, and new Society and Mayflower Society member Lauren Socha. |
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Our Annual Picnic 2016
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| Annual Student Awards 2016 |
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| Student awards recipients Sara Schatz JEC Bruriah High School, Steven Medina Union High School, Awards Chairman Michael Yesenko, award recipient Regina Arias Upper Academy Elizabeth High School, and County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi. The fourth student recipient Frankanthony Guerriero Westfield High School was unable to attend. |
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Marybeth Lapham, Director of the Old First Historic Trust of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth presented an update on the projects and progress of the Snyder Academy. |
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Our Annual Luncheon at the
Garden Restaurant |
Charles Shallcross and
Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage |
Dr. Walter Boright presenting
"The Union County Bandits" |
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| Dean Poulsen presents music from World War 1 |
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| Rich Rosenthal, President of the North Jersey Civil War Round Table, board member and one of the founding members of the North Jersey American Revolution Round Table, presented our March Program “The Precedents of the President-George Washington and the Startup of the Executive Office” |
Louise Engstrom received a special award from President Charles Shallcross for her many years of loyal support to the Society. |
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Presentation on Elizabeth's Hospitals by Mr. John Mazurkiewicz
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Our Annual Picnic 2015
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Annual Student Awards 2015
President Charles Shallcross, Michael Glaser student award recipient from the Jewish Educational Center Elizabeth,
Elise Morano student award recipient from Union Catholic Regional High School, and awards chairman Michael Yesenko
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2015 Annual Luncheon at the Garden Restaurant
Our Guest Speaker Dr. Walter Boright presented –
The Nine Governors of Union County
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Elizabeth Mayor, Chris Bollwage, Dr. Walter Boright
and Union County Historical Society President
Charles Shallcross |
Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi, Freeholder Vernell
Wright Dr. Boright, and daughter of Gov. William Runyon,
Florence Runyon |
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| The Union County Historical Society dedicated a plaque in memory of Union County Sheriff, Ralph G. Froehlich. |
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Mayor Bollwage, Mrs. Ralph Froehlich
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Union County's Medal of Honor Recipient's Monument Dedication October 23, 2013
Our Annual Luncheon at the Garden Restaurant
Lester Sargent gave the presentation featuring the Union County Medal of Honor Recipients
Pictured Left-Right: Walter Boright, Joanne Rajoppi, Lester Sargent (seated), Charles Shallcross |
Annual Picnic 2014
  
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| Admiral David G. Farragut courtesy of Mr. Bruce Tucker |
Joe Renna - The Peterstown Book |
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| Mr. Dean Poulsen Presenting Civil War Music |
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