The Kingston Historical Society

Rockingham: Preserving the Harvest
2024-10-26 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
The Rockingham Association is planing a special event “Preserving the Harvest” Food preervation techizues & equipment of the 18th century with Suaan Plaisted of Heart to Harth Cookery.

The event was held in the barn room, with demonstrations of pickling, drying and making hardtack,

Rockingham State Historic Site is on Kingston-Rocky Hill Road, between Kingston and Rocky Hill (take Laurel Ave, route 603 from Kingston) for more visitor information see: https://www.rockingham.net/visitor-information

D&R Canal: Aqueduct Loop Walk
2024-10-27 14:00 - 16:00
Join members of the Kingston Greenways Association for an easy one-mile loop walk around the Millstone aqueduct off Mapleton Road for autumn tree appreciation and some canal history, too.

Led by Karen Linder, the walk begins at the Aqueduct parking lock for the D&R Canal at 732 Mapleton Road Princeton (actually Plainsboro, NJ) Details at https://kingstongreenways.org/

This canal related event is posted for community interest.

Canal: Geology walk and talk along the D&R Canal
2024-11-03 10:00 - 13:00
Geology walk and talk along the D&R Canal east of Rocky Hill. Meet at the parking lot just south of the intersection of Kingston-Rocky Hill Road and Washington Street.

Much of the walk will be along the tow path, however, the walk will include short hikes up and down steep hills to view diabase rock outcrops.

Walk led by Pierre Lacombe, retired USGS geologist
https://www.canalwatch.org/event/geology-walk-and-talk/

Event organized by D & R Canal Watch, posted for community interest.

D&R Canal parking lot is near the intersection of Route 518, Canal Road and Kingston-Rocky Hill Road, in Franklin (Somerset) NJ.

KHS Annual Meeting and Talk
2024-11-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Kingston Fire House, 8 Heathcote Road, Kingston, NJ, 08528, United States
D&R Canal Commission Executive Director John Hutchison to speak at Firehouse

2024 KHS Annual meeting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday November 12th at the Kingston Firehouse; our speaker will be D&R Canal Commission Executive Director John Hutchison, who will give an illustrated presentation including new drone photographs of the Canal.

Read his Bio HERE

Program will be in person at the Kingston Fire House and also available via Zoom.

Kingston Fire House on local map

To attend via Zoom you must pre-register.

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How TO REgister

Or follow this link: https://www.khsnj.org/talk/#to-attend-via-zoom-meeting

Kingston: UMC "Celebrating Our History"
2024-11-17 10:30 - 12:30
The Kingston United Methodist Church is holding a special service.

Shannon Katz-Dean, 4th year dual enrollment seminarian and member of K.U.M.C., will deliver the Sunday message centering on the history of the Kingston United Methodist Church.

Will include a display of pictures.

Church is located at 9 Church St., Kingston, NJ across from the cemetery at NJ Route 27. Parking is available next to the church and along Church Street (street is one-way; enter from Route 27).

Early 20th Century Post Card in KHS Collection showing Kingston M. E. Church

Kingston: Thanksgiving Day Walk
2024-11-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston, New Jersey, 08528, United States
From https://fpnl.org Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands:

What do turkeys eat for Thanksgiving? We will take an easy 1.5 mile walk through the fields, looking for things that turkeys might eat for dinner. Meet at Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston. Free and all are welcome!

The Thanksgiving morning walk is an annual, family friendly event!

Final 2024 Weekend for Locktender's House Displays
2024-11-30 10:00 - 16:00
The Kingston Locktender’s House displays are open Saturdays and Sundays from April through November.

One of the displays in the center room celebrates 50 years of the D&R Canal State Park and Canal Commission

Note that the Kingston Locktender’s House will be open on December 1 at 4:30 PM for the Kingston Holiday Tree Lighting reception.

Holiday Tree Lighting 2024
2024-12-01 16:30 - 18:00
Annual Celebration of winter season at the Kingston Lock, first Sunday in December.

Map of Kingston and Canal Area with Lock-Tender’s House (arrow)

Kingston: Craft Fair
2024-12-07 09:00 - 14:00 | Kingston Fire House, 8 Heathcote Road, Kingston, NJ, 08528, United States
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company will hold a Craft Fair at the Kingston Firehouse.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive at 11 AM and stay until 1 PM

Contact the Ladies regarding tables.

Posted as a Kingston Community event.

Kingston Fire House on local map

Kingston: "Holiday Belles" Concert
2024-12-08 19:00 - 21:00
The Kingston Women’s Chorus, Heather Robbins, Director, presents “Holiday Belles” Concert and Community Carol SIngalong.

Methodist Church (from an old postcard)

At the Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church Street, Kingston NJ 08528. They are celebrating “20 years of holiday cheer… and a partridge in a pear tree”

Free, donations welcome. Reception to follow.

REPORT:

It was a blast! Well attended and great singing.

Kingston Women’s Chorus Christmas Concert, 2024 (C. Dieterich photo)

Posted as a Kingston Community event

Kingston: Christmas Bird Count
2024-12-15 07:30 - 16:00
The Kingston segment of this year’s Audubon Christmas Bird Count begins at 7:30 AM to catch the “early birds”. We will meet at the Lock Tender’s House (near the intersection of Rt. 27 and the D&R Canal State Park in Kingston) and bird until noon, when we take a break for lunch at Urban Spice on Route 27 in Kingston Center. The group then continues with the count in the afternoon. You can join us for the morning, lunch, afternoon, or all of them.
https://kingstongreenways.org/

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Kingston Greenways Association website

Kingston: 4PM Christmas Eve 2024 (United Methodist)
2024-12-24 16:00 - 18:00
The Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church St. Kingston, NJ will hold a “Service of Story and Song” at 4 PM on Christmas Eve.

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Kingston United Methodist Church website

Kingston: 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight 2024 (Presbyterian)
2024-12-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Kingston Presbyterian Church, 4565 Route 27, Kingston, New Jersey, 08528, United States
KPC Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7:00 PM In person and Online. Pastor Sharyl with KPC children, youth and collegians will lead KPC’s Traditional Candlelight Service.

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Kingston Presbyterian Church website

Main Street, Kingston NJ

Kingston: First Day Hike 2025
2025-01-01 12:00 - 15:00 | Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston
Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands sponsors a New Year’s Day walk each year. “Walk and make friends on this easy 1.5 – mile loop through the Mapleton Preserve.”

The walk begins and ends at the D&R Canal State Park Headquarters/Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston, NJ. Dress for the weather, whatever it is!

Cocoa and conversation after the walk.

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands’ website

Tea Time Talks #1- POSTPONED (2025)
2025-01-19 14:30 - 16:00
We are watching the weather… (read more)

As of 5 PM Saturday 1/18/25, the forecast for Sunday, January 19 was for snow. Out of a sense of caution, we have cancelled the first session of Tea Time Talks, postponing the talks to February and March. Particular talks for each session will be posted in late January.

The Kingston Historical Society presents three short talks about the Kingston NJ area. These monthly talks will be on Sunday afternoons in Kingston, with enough time for you to get home before dark.

The good folks at theKingston United Methodist Church have offered their hall for the talks! 9 Church Street, Kingston (by the cemetery.) See khsnj.org/teatime for more

All are welcome

The talks are aimed at new Kingstonians, covering diverse aspects of our unique and historic village.

See our event webpage for directions and the whole series

Program for Sunday, January 19th-– The Road Through Kingston in 1679 -Kristina Hill and Charlie Dieterich read from the 1679 travel diary of Jasper Danckaerts– The Kingston Green Belt -Tari Pantaleo, president Kingston Greenways Association– Kingston in the American Revolution (1776-1783) – George Luck, VP, Kingston Historical Society

Kingston: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
2025-01-20 12:00 - 15:00
Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands sponsors a day of service at the Mapleton Preserve in Kingston.

“Learn some botany, make some new friends and discover the special joys of stewardship!”

Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston, NJ 08528

more details later

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands website https://fpnl.org/

Kingston: Winter Sowing Workshop
2025-02-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston
From FPNL: “Join Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands (www.FPNL.org) & Master Gardener Lynn Grillo for a hands-on workshop on winter sowing, a technique for growing seeds outside in winter, using recycled jugs as mini greenhouses.

We will learn the technique, prepare some jugs, and plant seeds for native wildflowers for everyone to take home and grow. Bring work gloves and a utility knife (box cutter) if you have one. “

Pre-registration REQUIRED— Check their website: FPNL.ORG for details (coming soon)

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands website https://fpnl.org/

Kingston: FPNL Annual Meeting and Talk
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston
Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands will hold their Annual Meeting and Talk:

Preservation, Conservation, and Community Building, by Tomia MacQueen , owner of Wildflower Farm , PenningtonAt the Education Building, D&R Canal State Park Headquarters, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston (Parking behind Park Headquarters Building)Details at http://www.fpnl.org/

This is a Kingston Community Event.

Tea Time Talks #2 Feb 2025
2025-02-23 14:30 - 16:00 | Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church Street, Kingston, New Jersey, 08528, United States
The Kingston Historical Society presents an afternoon with three short talks about the Kingston NJ area. These monthly gatherings will be on Sunday afternoons in Kingston, with enough time for you to get home before dark.

After our first Tea Time Talk was cancelled due to snow, we have moved the talks forward by one month. Come learn about a 1679 journey crossing the Millstoon River at Kingston, the Kingston Greenbelt, and Kingston during the American Revolution.

The good folks at the Kingston United Methodist Church have offered their hall for the talks! 9 Church Street, Kingston (by the cemetery.)

In case of Snow or foul weather, check back to this website for closures information.

All are welcome

See our Tea Time event webpage for directions and topics for the whole series

Kingston: Mapleton work session-1
2025-03-08 14:00 - 16:00
Sat. 3.8.25 and 3.15.25. Eagle Scout work session. 2-4 pm. Constructing planters for native shrubs. Kartikeya Yadavalli welcomes volunteers to assist him in his project to construct wooden planters for native shrubs. Dates are weather dependent and subject to change. Please contact Karen Linder karen.e.linder@gmail.com if you are interested in assisting, so they can keep you in the loop.

This Kingston community event is organized by Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands https://fpnl.org/

Kingston: Mapleton work session-2
2025-03-15 14:00 - 16:00

Tea Time Talks #3 March 2025
2025-03-23 14:30 - 16:00
The Kingston Historical Society presents three short talks about the Kingston NJ area. These monthly sessions are at 2:30 on Sunday afternoons in the center of Kingston, with enough time for you to get home before dark (though Daylight Savings Time starts before this March session!)

The good folks at the Kingston United Methodist Church have offered their hall for the talks! 9 Church Street, Kingston (by the cemetery.) Note that snow is still a possibility. KHSNJ.ORG and this page will have a cancellation notice if bad weather threatens.

See our Tea Time event webpage for directions and topics for the whole series

All are welcome

Kingston: Bamboo Removal
2025-03-29 10:00 - 13:00 | Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston
From the link below:

On March 29th from 10am – 1pm, join WMA 10 Watershed Ambassador Claire and the Kingston Greenways Association in clearing out bamboo from along the canal towpath! Volunteers will work to remove young bamboo shoots and prevent them from spreading. Supplies will be provided but feel free to bring your own gloves or clippers. Bamboo shoots will be used to create native bee habitats! Volunteers are also welcome to bring some bamboo home for craft projects. Dress for the weather and ready to work!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kingston-bamboo-removal-tickets-1235017884739

This is a Kingston community event, not associated with the Kingston Historical Society. It is posted for community interest.

Organizer says “Rain Date: March 30 10AM -1PM”

Opening Day Open House at the Locktender's House
2025-04-05 10:00 - 17:00
The displays at the Kingston Canal Locktender’s House will reopen Saturday April 5th. The display rooms are open to the public on weekends from April to November.

Come to our opening day celebration to see demonstrations of how a canal lock works, to see a model of a canal swing bridge, and to chat with members of the Kingston Historical Society. Details– CLICK HERE

For a .pdf poster announcing the event click below:

https://www.khsnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/April-2025-Open-House-KHS.pdf

Locktender's House Open for Summer
2025-04-06 10:00 - 17:00
The Kingston Locktender’s House Displays on the first floor will be open on weekends from April to November.

Kingston: Good Friday Service
2025-04-18 20:00 - 20:30 | Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church Street, Kingston, New Jersey, 08528, United States
Good Friday Service at Kingston United Methodist Church.

This is a Kingston Community Event.

Kingston: Earth Day Cleanups-Franklin
2025-04-19 09:00 - 11:00
Annual event organized by the Kingston Greenways Association, all are welcome to join in.

Morning Session–9 to 11 AM: Cleanup of Laurel Avenue and vicinity of Rockingham Historic Site, from just north of the village of Kingston up to Route 518. Meet at the Rockingham parking lot, 84 Laurel Avenue.

KGA provides grabbers, gloves, orange vests, and garbage bags. Please wear sturdy clothing and boots! Rain or shine.

There is also an afternoon session in South Brunswick.

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Kingston Greenways Association website

Kingston: Earth Day Cleanups- South Brunswick
2025-04-19 14:00 - 16:00
Annual event organized by the Kingston Greenways Association, all are welcome to join in.

Afternoon Session–2 to 4 PM: Gather at the Mapleton Preserve at 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston. We’ll focus on picking up trash in the Preserve and along Mapleton Road.

KGA provides grabbers, gloves, orange vests, and garbage bags. Please wear sturdy clothing and boots! Rain or shine.

There is also a morning session in Franklin Township.

This Kingston Community Event is posted for your information. For updates see the Kingston Greenways Association website

Kingston: Easter Sunrise Service
2025-04-20 06:30 - 07:00
Easter Sunrise Service at the Lake Carnegie Dam in Kingston, just south of the Kingston Mill. Parking off Princeton-Kingston Road (NJ Route 27) by the boat dock.

This is a Kingston community event, organized by KPC and KUMC

Kingston: Easter Breakfast Continental
2025-04-20 07:00 - 08:00 | Kingston Presbyterian Church, 4565 Route 27, Kingston, New Jersey, 08528, United States
At the Kingston Presbyterian Church, following the sunrise service, times approximate. More details as the day approaches.

This is a Kingston community event
