Mission
The mission of the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey is to preserve and explain the military heritage of New Jersey and enhance public understanding of how armed conflicts and military institutions have shaped our state and national experience. The museum collects, preserves and displays artifacts, documents, and memorabilia that have specific historical significance to the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, and the Naval Militia of New Jersey.
Staff
CW4 Dominick Cappetti
Director
dominick.j.cappetti.mil@mail.mil
Mr. Joseph Bilby
Historian
Collections Management
Ms. Carol Fowler
Assistant Curator
Veteran Oral Histories
carol.fowler@dmava.nj.gov
SGT Andrew Walker
Command Historian / Curator
andrew.l.walker2.mil@mail.mil
LTC (Ret) William Kale
Assistant Curator, Lawrenceville
COL (Ret) Jon Gribbin
Assistant Curator, Lawrenceville
LTC (Ret) Tom Smith
Assistant Curator, Lawrenceville
Board of Trustee Members
Charles A. Ragucci
Robert E. Watson
Duncan C. MacQueen
Edward R. Sain
Dave H. Turner
John M. Promaulayko
Gary H. Ireland
Richard T. LaRocca
Joseph Russo
Thomas J. Smith
George M. Beukema
James S. Kownacki
Willam H. Kale
Officers and Appointments
President – COL (Ret) Charles A. Ragucci
First Vice President – COL (Ret) Robert E. Watson
Vice President Army – SFC (Ret) Duncan C. MacQueen
Vice President Air – LTC (Ret) Edward R. Sain
Secretary – CSM (Ret) Dave H. Turner
Treasurer – COL (Ret) John M. Promaulayko
Museum Director – CW4 Dominick Cappetti
Lawrenceville Curator – LTC (Ret) William H. Kale
Lawrenceville Curator – COL (Ret) Jon F. Gibbin
Lawrenceville Curator – LTC (Ret) Thomas J. Smith
Ex-Officio. Non Voting Members
Legal Counsel – COL (Ret) Stephan B. Patrick
The Adjutant General – BG Jemal J. Beale
Committees
By-Laws Committee Chair – COL (Ret) Robert E. Watson
Membership Committee Chair – COL (Ret) Robert E. Watson
Development Committee Chair – COL (Ret) Charles A. Ragucci
Budget and Finance Committee Chair – LTC (Ret) Thomas J. Smith
BOT Meetings: NGMMNJ, Inc. Website
June 14, 1776
The New Jersey Provincial Congress ordered the arrest of Royal Governor William Franklin, the son of Patriot leader Benjamin Franklin.
May 4, 1862
The Second New Jersey Brigade, composed of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth New Jersey Infantry regiments, fought its first battle, a vicious fight against the rear guard of a retreating Confederate army, in a driving rainstorm at Williamsburg, Virginia, losing 536 men killed, wounded and missing.
April 3, 1865
The Twenty-second United States Colored Infantry, an African-American unit mostly composed of men from New Jersey, was one of the first Union army regiments to enter Richmond, as the Civil War began to draw to a close.
– Abraham Lincoln
