Drake House Museum 

 

 (908)755-5831

 602 West Front Street    Plainfield, N.J. 07060

 

On Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The Historical Society will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal at the Drake House Museum.

 

 

 

 

The Historical Society of Plainfield received funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State through a grant administered by the Union County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, the City of Plainfield, the Plainfield Cultural and Heritage Commission, McCutchen Foundation, the Plainfield Foundation, the Union Foundation, EJ Grassmann Trust, the Pond Foundation and the New Jersey Cultural Trust Fund.

 

 

 "THE TRAVELING TRUNK" exhibition can be brought to your class or community group.

 

 

 

 

BOOK SALE!

UNION COUNTY BLACK AMERICANS

A 128 page paperback features 200 black and white photos and captions which give a breif historical accounting of many contributions blacks have made to the growth and development of Union County since its early beginnings.

by Ethel M. Washington

 

 

 

 

 

You can visit the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute web site be clicking on the link below.

http://www.feri.org/

 

 

For additional information on the New Deal go to The National New Deal Preservation Association website at http.//www.newdeallegacy.orghttp://www.newdeallegacy.org

 

 

 

 

 

Plainfield High School's Henry H. Banta Chapter of the National Honor Society students will

 re-enact F.D.R.'s March 4, 1933 Inaugural Address.

 

 

Ashort movie from the Frankllin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Hyde Park, NY will be shown.  This event is free to the public.