{"id":45128,"date":"2023-08-03T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=45128"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:02:23","slug":"princeton-historical-society-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/08\/03\/princeton-historical-society-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Historical Society news"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Danielle Ray<\/em>
\nLandmark correspondent<\/em><\/p>\n

PRINCETON \u2014 The Princeton Historical Society is launching the Rediscover Princeton speaker series this year, a four-event program in collaboration with and supported by a grant from the Princeton Cultural Council.<\/p>\n

The goal of the free, public series is to not only provide fascinating historical educational opportunities, PHS said, but also to shine a light on programs and initiatives that make Princeton a great place to live. PHS members invite the community to send program ideas to princetonmahistory@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

The new series is just one of many ways the all-volunteer, nonprofit organization works to share and preserve the rich history of the town and region, including through visits to schools, archives and more. PHS Board of Directors co-chair and webmaster Bud Brooks said the series will be helpful in trying \u201cto keep the PHS in the public eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the pandemic hit, we \u2026 moved to Zoom programs, which we recorded and posted on YouTube and then linked to our website,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As a result of the pandemic limitations, they started two initiatives, the first of which was “Then and Now, “a monthly email to members and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe document with text and images a specific event, person, or place in the town of Princeton that has significant historical significance,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n

The second initiative is “Can You Find It?\u201d a mobile device scavenger hunt in which searchers use clues to find locations that play a significant role in Princeton\u2019s history. The game card is available at the Princeton Public Library and on princetonmahistory.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PHS adds to the game each summer, and eight new locations are now available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an outdoor activity for a family, small group, or an individual,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen and if they find a location with a 6-by-9-inch sign posted, they scan the QR code and a PDF is downloaded to their mobile device describing the location’s historical significance and providing pictures of that location 100-plus years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a game card for each year and when they read the PDF, there is a read keyword at the end. If they find all eight locations each year, they turn in their game card and receive a PHS key ring. Thus far, we have 24 and are aiming for a total of 32 locations by 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Danielle Ray Landmark correspondent PRINCETON \u2014 The Princeton Historical Society is launching the Rediscover Princeton speaker series this year, a four-event program in collaboration with and supported by a grant from the Princeton Cultural Council. The goal of the free, public series is to not only provide fascinating historical educational opportunities, PHS said, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}