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2020-03-11 - March 25, 2020 - Winter Speaker Event - "Blazing Skies: Nike Missiles at Fort Hancock"

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Winter Speaker Event - "Blazing Skies: Nike Missiles at Fort Hancock"

West Park Recreation Center
 615 West Park Avenue, Oakhurst, NJ 07755
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 7:15 pm
 
For anyone who remembers ducking under a school desk in a simulated-nuclear-attack drill, the words COLD WAR are particularly chilling. The next talk in the Museum Speaker Series, “Nuclear Missiles in our Backyard,” offers a behind-the-scenes look at those times. At 7:15, Wednesday, March 25, in the West Park Recreation Center, 615 West Park Avenue, Oakhurst (a new venue), Army veterans Bill Jackson and Kevin McMahon share the story of the Nike anti-aircraft missile system at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook.

From 1954 until Ft. Hancock closed in 1974, Nike missiles—some equipped with nuclear warheads—stood ready to launch, just 14 miles to our north. They made up one of the country’s most tightly guarded secret defenses against potential Soviet attack. There were close calls. The missiles were on full alert, raised from their underground bunkers, in November 1965 (Northeast Blackout), June 1967 (Six-Day War) and again October 1973 (Yom Kippur War).

Our speakers, stationed at Ft. Hancock during the Vietnam War, share their first-hand knowledge of the Nike Guided Missile System and their enthusiasm for the restoration of the Nike site on Sandy Hook. They are members of the Fort Hancock Nike Association.

Please join us. The speaker event is open to the public, free of charge. Donations are appreciated. Refreshments are served.


The speaker event is open to the public, free of charge. Donations are appreciated. Refreshments are served. (We collect and welcome non-perishable items for the Fulfill food bank.)
2020-03-25 - Winter Speaker Event
Currently At The Museum
Richmond Gallery - "Votes for Women: The Story of Suffrage" Opening July 28, 2019.  More.
Our Town Gallery - “Election Memorabilia: The Stuff of American Campaigning”  Exhibit opens December 7, 2019, and runs until November 24, 2020.  More.
Together with our permanent exhibits in the Our Town Gallery and the Hearth and Home Gallery
The Township of Ocean Historical Museum, founded in 1984, is a member-supported, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Its headquarters, the Eden Woolley House, is one of the few 18th century structures still in existence in the Township and is open to the public on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.), Thursday Evenings (7 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 15 through December 15) and the first and second Sundays of each month (1p.m. to 4 p.m.). The Township of Ocean Historical Museum offers exhibits on the history of coastal Monmouth County and a full calendar of events. The Museum is also 100% volunteer supported, with no paid staff. The Museum maintains a library and archive, which houses manuscripts, books, and photographs of historical and genealogical interest. For more information, please call 732-531-2136 or visit our website at
 
or our other web locations listed below.
Funding for the Township of Ocean Historical Museum provided by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.
Funding has been made possible in part by an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission
Painting and repair of the exterior of the Stucile Farms Dairy Barn have been accomplished with 2018 financial assistance from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with and administrated by the New Jersey Historic Trust.

Painting and repair of the exterior of the Stucile Farms Water Tower have been accomplished with 2016 financial assistance from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with and administrated by the New Jersey Historic Trust.

Painting and repair of the exterior of the Eden Woolley House Farms Water Tower have been accomplished with 2014 financial assistance from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with and administrated by the New Jersey Historic Trust.

 
March 11, 2020
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