THOMAS L. HAWKINS: HERO FROM THE ROCK
Thomas Lawson Hawkins was born in 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts and moved to Glen Rock with his parents, William and Rebecca, when...
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GLEN ROCK HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY, INC.
Glen Rock, Bergen County, New Jersey
Copyright R. James Aber, 1997
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Sue Tryforos
- Dec 12, 2017
- 3 min
THE DUDE ABIDES
For the past several years, the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society has hosted our public school's 4th graders at the Museum at...
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Sue Tryforos
- Nov 5, 2017
- 4 min
THE POWER OF ELEVEN
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when peace finally came to the Western Front following the four years of...
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Sue Tryforos
- Oct 7, 2017
- 2 min
"AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY"
It is easy to look at Bergen County today and see a thoroughly modern, bustling area but it wasn't too long ago, historically speaking,...
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Sue Tryforos
- Jul 27, 2017
- 3 min
WHAT? NO SAUERKRAUT??
It always amazes me how clear a vision Glen Rock's early leaders had for the development and modernization of the original farming...
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Sue Tryforos
- Jul 7, 2017
- 7 min
THE SMITH-SINGER COMPANY
As the Borough Historian, I receive many questions from residents who want to know when their house was built or when their street was...
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Sue Tryforos
- Jun 27, 2017
- 5 min
JOHN A. HOPPER AND THE CIVIL WAR
This past Memorial Day, the Glen Rock VFW Post #850 and the Glen Rock American Legion Post #145 placed flags on a gravestone in the...
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