Explore 350+ Years of Elizabeth History — and Discover the City Today. #GoElizabethNJ250
In December 1873, the Elizabeth Daily Monitor placed weather, court notices, concerts, rail schedules, advertisements, and distant news on the same crowded pages. Its surviving issues offer a vivid but selective view of what one local newspaper placed before Elizabeth readers.
In May 1747, the college that became Princeton University opened its first classes in Jonathan Dickinson's Elizabethtown parsonage.
Celebrate Juneteenth in the heart of Elizabeth with music, food, games, entertainment, and a Father’s Day tribute that brings community and culture together.
Revolutionary Lives: Living the American Experiment Then and Now Exhibit [...]
Explore tattooing as art, history, and cultural expression through a REV250 presentation at the Elizabeth Public Library featuring Dr. Matt Lodder, a scholar of Western tattoo history.
Visit Elizabeth Public Library for a REV250 mini exhibit on the Declaration of Independence and New Jersey signers, June 2–July 31, 2026.
Explore the history of tattooing in New Jersey at Elizabeth Public Library with Tony Rodriguez of the Tattoo Museum of the Jersey Shore.
Opened in 2009, UCNJ’s Elizabeth I. Kellogg Building expanded the college’s downtown campus and became a major Midtown education anchor.
In 1992, Union County College opened the Sidney F. Lessner Building in downtown Elizabeth, creating a permanent home for its urban campus.
In 1975, Union College moved its Elizabeth urban campus to the YMCA on Madison Avenue, continuing its mission of expanding local college access.
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