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The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association (GCBMA) was granted the OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD by the New Jersey Governor’s Office on Volunteerism and the Governor’s Advisory Council on Volunteerism “for your efforts and talents in sustaining the communities of New Jersey”.  The award ceremony, part of the Department of the Environment’s April 29th recognition day event …

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Remarks delivered by Louis L. Picone at  Grover Cleveland’s Birthday Ceremony, March 18, 2019 in Caldwell, New Jersey Today we gather to commemorate the 182nd anniversary of President Grover Cleveland’s birth. On March 18, 1837, two midwives delivered baby Stephen Grover Cleveland in the back room of this home. Before he died in Princeton in …

Louis Picone – Presentation at Grover Cleveland’s Birthday Ceremony, March 18, 2019 Read More »

                          The public is invited in New Jersey, and nationwide, to take part in GROVER CLEVELAND WEEK,  a celebration taking place during the week of March 18th, officially proclaimed by the Borough of Caldwell’s Mayor and Council to help mark the 182nd birthday …

Week of March 18th – Grover Cleveland Week in Caldwell NJ Read More »

  The site will be open in honor Presidents Day  from 1pm – 4pm. (weather permitting)     Grover Cleveland was a proponent of governance as defined in the U.S. Constitution, and Presidents’ Day is a perfect time to re-visit how the Constitution created the title of the U.S. President in 1787, and how it laid out …

February 18th is Presidents Day! Read More »

  CALDWELL – The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historic Site at 207 Bloomfield Avenue will be open for public tours during the holiday season. Hours are Wed, Th. and Fri 10-12 and 1-4.  Two special weekends will have an added hour on Saturday. During 12/29-30 and 1/5-6 Saturday’s hours will be from 10-4. Sunday’s hours are …

“Historic Site Features Holiday Open House – December 27th through January 6th” Read More »

Article Submitted by Jessica Levin The Montclair Orchestra recreates a musical experience spanning centuries . Caldwell, NJ — The Grover Cleveland Memorial Association and The Montclair Orchestra present a once in a lifetime event, a reenactment of President Grover Cleveland’s 1893 inauguration, on November 10th at the Women’s Club of Upper Montclair.  The formal event …

Presidential Inaugural Ball Features Marvelous Music and 19th Century Pageantry Read More »

  By the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association Trustees, Compiled by Paul Maloney   As a second year “Trustee” for the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association, I asked our Board Members for anything which was a “first” or “unique” about Grover Cleveland.  It is hoped that these “Grover Tidbits” will help one make connections between …

Grover Cleveland: Unique and a President of “Firsts”, A Great Way to Study American History Read More »