Kingston Public Events

The Kingston Historical Society celebrated the centennial of the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 with Chief George Luck Jr. (retired) speaking at the firehouse and via Zoom. A video of the May 14, 2024 presentation, with a description of the program, is now available HERE Our streaming video file is hosted on Archive.org, a … Continue reading “Video of Spring Talk now online!”

A new display “100 Years of Volunteers-The Kingston Volunteer Fire Co.” is now up in the Lock-Tender’s House. On the left the display shows a section from the 1924 KVFC Certificate of Incorporation. The rest of the display is divided into the three “objects for which the corporation is formed:” The display is in support … Continue reading “100 Years of Volunteers-Opens”

April 6 and 7, 2024 was opening weekend for displays at the Kingston Lock-Tender’s House. Several dozen folks came through our expanded display space — from local historians to joggers taking a break from their canal run. Society president, Robert von Zumbusch demonstrated how the Kingston canal lock worked and how the swing bridge, just … Continue reading “Open House Weekend a Success”

The weather cleared just in time for our community tree lighting, Sunday December 3rd, 2023. The crowd was not as large as other years, but the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 came to provide lights, and the Kingston Women’s Chorus came to provide a joyous sing-along. The Kingston Women’s Chorus sang seasonal favorites and … Continue reading “Holiday Tree Lighting- 2023”

You can view Markus McParland’s talk on our video page: https://www.khsnj.org/community-collection-for-kingston-nj-2023-video/ Thanks to Markus for his work preparing this talk and his book “Community Collection for Kingston, NJ” (www.kingstonbook.com)