The Osborn Cannonball House will be open to visitors on Sunday May 5th, 2019 from 2pm to 4pm. It is located at 1840 East Front street, Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Come see our new well house lovingly crafted by member George Pierson. The more astute of you may notice that the well is much too close to the privy. However, there is no well under the well house nor is there a pit under the privy so don’t be concerned.

Please mark your calendars for our April monthly meeting on Tuesday evening April 23rd.

Last month one of our high school members presented an incredible program on World War II. And this month another of our high school members will be presenting another incredible program on the Great Depression. Michael Cao will focus on the relief efforts as well as giving an overview of the impact of the Depression.

Prohibition overlapped the Depression so we are staging our meeting room as a Speakeasy. Feel free to come in Gatsby-style clothing….or your old clothes/hobo outfit.

Date: Tuesday evening April 23rd
Time: 7:30PM
Place: Shady Rest at Scotch Hills Country Club

Scotch Plains & Fanwood:

Who can remember the Vera Lynn song:

We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
‘Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away

If you can’t remember this song which lifted the spirits of the English, no doubt your grandparents or maybe your parents can. This song was popular in England in the dark days of the Battle of Britain.

Against this background, a history buff whose grandparents’ generation would have experienced WWII will be giving a general overview of the war and its effects on American society at the monthly meeting of the Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood on Tuesday evening March 26th. He has collected the thoughts of townspeople who survived it, having gleamed a lot of information from personal interviews. Ryan Theis is our young history buff. He has resided all his life in Scotch Plains and currently attends Oratory Prep School in Summit. He has been a member of the Historical Society since 2017.

This fascinating program takes place on Tuesday evening March 26th, beginning at 7:30PM, at the Shady Rest Scotch Hills Country Club located at 820 Jerusalem Road (and corner of Plainfield Avenue) in Scotch Plains. It is free and open to all. Please bring your family and friends. Fellowship and refreshments follow the meeting.