Tag: Township of Ocean Historical Museum
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Talk pitches story of vintage baseball
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — It’s the spring season and that means America’s favorite pastime is underway. As residents root for the home team and enjoy the sport of baseball, one local historian and baseball aficionado took residents back in time, sharing stories of the origin of the game and how…
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Exhibit highlights presidential visits to Monmouth County shore
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer As citizens of the United States prepare to elect a new president this November, a new exhibit at the Township of Ocean Historical Museum is shedding light on 11 former chief executives and telling the wide-ranging stories of their time spent visiting, relaxing and, in one case dying, at…
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Talk on vintage baseball set for June 7
The Township of Ocean Historical Museum is sponsoring Russ McIver, who will present “Vintage Baseball” at 7:15 p.m. June 11 at the Township of Ocean Board of Education Offices auditorium at 163 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst. Dressed in a period uniform, McIver will discuss 19th-century baseball when masks or gloves were not used and there was…