Discover NJ Military History
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National Guard Training Center
1 Camp Drive, Sea Girt, NJ 08750
Closed for COVID-19.
Closed state holidays
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Lawrenceville Armory
151 Eggert Crossing Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Closed. Grand reopening Spring 2021.
Closed state holidays
Discover NJ Military History
Museums are closed for COVID-19.
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
New Jersey's Preeminent Military Museum
The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey tells the story of the state’s Militia and National Guard beginning with Dutch, Swedish and British colonization through the War for Independence to the Civil War, World Wars I and II and up to the present day, paying particular attention to the diversity of the New Jersey citizen soldier and his or her experience. Notably, the museum has one of the largest collections of New Jersey related Civil War research material in the country, including copies of diaries, letters, newspaper clippings, memoirs, regimental histories and articles.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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