Events
 

Living History

South Plainfield, NJ
Saturday, May 16, 2009
10 AM to 4 PM

PRESIDENT AND MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
TO VISIT SOUTH PLAINFIELD 

The sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, will spend the day
at a Union Army Infantry Encampment at Spring Lake on Saturday, May 16
from 10 am to 4 pm. Mrs. Lincoln will accompany her husband who is expected to attend a short
Memorial Service in Monument Park across the street for the men of the town who perished in the war.

 Journey back to the Civil War era and tour the camp with the President.
Learn how infantry soldiers lived at the time, watch them drill, learn how they sheltered themselves,
and what equipment they were issued and how it was used. 

Participants who will gather on the banks of the old mill pond include:
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the 14^th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,
the 27^th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and the 43^rd New York Volunteer Infantry.  

There is no admission charge.

This event is sponsored by the South Plainfield Historical Society in honor of
the 200^th birthday of President Lincoln.

Directions (Adobe .pdf file)

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Memorial Day
Wreath Laying Ceremony
Fairview Cemetery
29th New Jersey Monument
next the the main office
Route 35 South
Middletown, NJ
Monday May 25, 2009
11:30 AM