Meeting

The Harrington Park Historical Society is delighted to welcome back Mario Medici, Historian, Lecturer, and Owner of Medici Tours on October 7, 2024 at 7:30 P.M.  The meeting is at the Library, 10 Herring Street, in Harrington Park.  Mr. Medici’s talk is entitled “A History of Greenwich Village; 400 years of Tragedy, Bohemians, and the […]

While there were many Revolutionary-era outlaws, Claudius Smith and the Cowboys of the Ramapos stand apart. Their story has long been exaggerated and romanticized through local legends, but the true account of their actions is far more violent. Smith and his band—comprised of his children, outlaws, deserters, Native Americans, and local Tories—terrorized the Whigs of […]

Date: February 3, 2025 - 7:30 P.M. Speaker: William "Pat" Schuber Topic: "Italian Campaign of WW II" The “Italian campaign of World War II,” also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945. The joint Allied Forces […]

The Harrington Park Historical Society is pleased to welcome back James Calaski as their guest speaker on Monday, March 3, 2025, 7:30 P.M. at the Harrington Park Library located at 10 Herring Street, Harrington Park, New Jersey.  Mr. Calaski will speak on “The Hindenburg Disaster - Accident or Sabotage?” LZ 129 Hindenburg was the largest […]

Spring is here and so is baseball!  In 1969 baseball was the sport of America and boy was it incredible, an amazin’ year it was!  Join the Harrington Park Historical Society on Monday, April 7th, 2025 at 7:30 P.M. as we share memories of the 1960’s Mets from their 1962 humble beginnings as the worst […]