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DATE:           Saturday, April 7: Vietnam War Artifact Displays, Re-enactors, Veteran Sessions:  10:00 am – 3 pm   DETAILS:     The Battleship New Jersey will host the 8th annual Vietnam War Living History Day on Saturday,  April 7 from 10am to 3pm.  The event, which includes Vietnam War re-enactors throughout the ship and artifacts in the Officers’ Wardroom, also features Vietnam ...

Vietnam War Artifacts, Re-enactors, Veteran Interviews & More!   DATE:           Saturday, April 7: Vietnam War Artifact Displays, Re-enactors, Veteran Sessions:  10:00 am – 3 pm   DETAILS:     The Battleship New Jersey will host the 8th annual Vietnam War Living History Day on Saturday,  April 7 from 10am to 3pm – last tour of the day departing at 3pm.  The event, ...

The American Red Cross New Jersey Region will be holding a ceremony and flag raising aboard the Battleship New Jersey to kick off March is Red Cross Month in New Jersey. The Battleship New Jersey will fly the Red Cross flag and be illuminated at night in red lights throughout March to honor all those ...

The Battleship New Jersey will open for walk-up tours every day from 9:30am to 3pm, beginning Wednesday, March 1.   To celebrate opening every day, the Battleship is offering guests half-price Fire Power self-guided tours of the World’s Greatest Battleship throughout the day on Thursday, March 1.   Fire Power tours highlight the Battleship’s weapons systems and how the ...

Want to get away? You don’t have to stray far to have a good time with these overnight experiences at establishments throughout the state. By Robert Strauss, Tom Wilk and Jacqueline Klecak | | January 12, 2018 | Appears in the January 2018issue Illustration by Katy Docktrill Adventure Aquarium 1 Riverside Drive, Camden On select Fridays and Saturdays in the winter, kids (accompanied by adults) can spend ...

The guns more closely resemble giant cannons, weighing 237,000 pounds each and measuring 66 feet in length. Author:Staff Published:5:12 PM EST January 11, 2018 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WVEC) — Three 16-inch gun barrels that were once used aboard the battleship USS New Jersey will be transported from Norfolk Naval Shipyard to new homes in Philadelphia and New Jersey. The guns ...

CLOSE Russell Collins Jr. of Palmyra relates World War II experiences aboard the battleship New Jersey, BB-62, as a crewman. The excerpts are from an oral history interview he gave for the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial shortly after the retired Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial volunteer Russell Collins Jr. ...

DATE:           December 8, 2017   TIME:            3:00pm                  PLACE:         Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, 62 Battleship Place, Camden Waterfront, NJ  08103                       DETAILS:     Cadets from Army will face off with students from the Midshipmen from Navy during a Tug-of-War competition on the pier of the Battleship New Jersey on Friday, Dec. 8 at 3pm. Guests are welcome to attend the competition for ...

   T-6 Texan Trainer Prop Planes Fly Over in Morning, Firing of Quad 40 Gun in the Afternoon DATE:           December 7, 2017 TIME:            Pearl Harbor Day Fly Over and Wreath Presentation:    9:00 am                      75th Anniversary of the Launch of the USS New Jersey:  1:45pm                PLACE:         Battleship New Jersey Museum ...

DATE:           December 5, 2017 TIME:            10:30 a.m.                   PLACE:         Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, 62 Battleship Place,  Camden Waterfront, NJ  08103                       DETAILS:     All veterans are invited to attend a special ceremony to remember the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  The ceremony will occur at 10:30am on Tuesday, December 5 and is presented by the Camden and Gloucester County ...