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10/31/2026

10/22/2026

Open House
Saturday October 24. 10-1
Visit Dover’s museum
55 West Blackwell Street

09/27/2026

https://www.instagram.com/ai_codex_studio/reel/DUJ7stsESpv/

09/23/2026

Open House, 55 West Blackwell Street, Saturday September 26th 1-4
Come learn about Dover's theaters.

See our most recent exhibit prior to our Open House on October 3rd Pathways11-4.

09/23/2026

The Museum is Open Saturday September 26th from 1-4
Come and visit as our new display, Dover's Theaters, as it gets ready for Pathways.

09/20/2026

Come Celebrate Our 60th Anniversary!
Dover Area Historical Society

Join us as we celebrate 60 years of preserving and sharing Dover’s history!
Where:
George Richards Building
7 N. Sussex Street, Dover, NJ

When:
Sunday, October 18, 2026
1:00–4:00 PM

Tickets: $60.00
Payment via PayPal: [email protected]
Payment via Check: Please make checks out to DAHS, and mail to: PO Box 609, Dover, NJ 07801-0609
Celebration Schedule
1:00 PM — Tour the historic George Richards Building
2:00 - 4PM — Enjoy a special presentation and light refreshments
Come explore this historic Dover landmark, learn more about its fascinating history, and celebrate six decades of the Dover Area Historical Society with friends, members, and our community.
We hope you’ll join us for this very special anniversary celebration!

08/31/2026

Join the DAHS on September 10 at the Dover Public Library at 6:30 for a very interesting historical presentation on the Hercules explosion given by Brian Lynch. He continues to find more information over time. His presentation continues to evolve.

07/10/2026

General William Winds was born on Long Island in the early eighteenth century, but moved to New Jersey as a young boy. He lived at what is now the border of present-day Denville, Rockaway, and Dover.

Winds made a name for himself as a captain in the British army during the French and Indian War of the mid-eighteenth century. He fought in the battle for Fort Ticonderoga and other smaller skirmishes in the Canadian campaign. His reputation during the war earned him an appointment by King George III as Justice of the Peace for Morris County.

The actions by the postwar Crown turned Winds from a loyal subject to a Patriot supporting the revolutionary cause. He was responsible for carrying out the laws of the land, however the general refused to enforce the notorious Stamp Act and actively fought against it by using white birch tree bark as paper.

Winds was promoted to lieutenant colonel by the Continental Congress and given command of the local militia when open conflict commenced. His troops fought all over the state – holding the line against the Redcoats in New York throughout most of the war and occasionally raiding Loyalist strongholds in the boroughs of New York City. Later, Winds would direct armies alongside General George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth – a major battle of the War for Independence which ended in a draw. The battle proved that Patriot troops could hold their own against the British in traditional battle formations rather than the more common guerrilla warfare tactics that were used by the minutemen and other militia groups in the colonies. By the war’s end, Winds was promoted to general and a trusted confidante of Washington.

Learn more about Dover area's role in the Revolutionary War. Dr. Condict, who lived and practices at 55 West Blackwell Street was a relative of General Winds.

07/10/2026

Museum will be open
Saturday July 11
10-1
Learn about General Winds and the Dover area during the Revolutionary War.

Address

55 W Blackwell Street, PO Box 609
Dover, NJ
07801

Telephone

+19733613525

Website

http://Dovernjhistory.org/

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