March 10, 2025, WASHINGTON – The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Jersey (NSCDA-NJ) is pleased to congratulate Advaith Busa, a junior at Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township, New Jersey, for winning the nationally held Congressional Seminar Essay Contest as a National delegate for anContinue reading “NJ student, Advaith Busa, wins National Congressional Seminar Essay Contest”
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NJ student, Kayla Hill, wins Congressional Seminar Essay Contest
February 10, 2025, WASHINGTON – The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Jersey (NSCDA-NJ) is pleased to congratulate Kayla Hill, a student of Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey, for winning the nationally held Congressional Seminar Essay Contest as a New Jersey delegate for an all-expense paidContinue reading “NJ student, Kayla Hill, wins Congressional Seminar Essay Contest”
Colonial Dames of New Jersey Announce Historic Barn Raising at Peachfield
Historic barns are being taken down more often than being preserved in New Jersey. The NSCDA-NJ is pleased to announce the Burr-Deacon Barn has been raised to it’s near-original glory! The Burr-Deacon Barn was originally built in 1875 on the Deacon Farm, across Burr’s Road from Peachfield, headquarters of the NSCDA-NJ. The Burr-Deacon Barn wasContinue reading “Colonial Dames of New Jersey Announce Historic Barn Raising at Peachfield”
1782 Bed Rug from Peachfield collection featured in exhibition in New Lyme, CT
The 1782 Bed Rug from the collections at Peachfield, usually situated in our master bedroom, as been featured these last few months at the “New London County Quilts and Bed Covers 1750-1825” Exhibition at the Florence Griswold Museum in New Lyme Connecticut. NSCDA-NJ President, Mary Prendergast, took a trip to the New Lyme to seeContinue reading “1782 Bed Rug from Peachfield collection featured in exhibition in New Lyme, CT”