As part of 2018 Apple Tree House lecture series, the Office of Cultural Affairs and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities welcomes guest speaker Brian Murray. Newark Avenue was a vital escape route during the American Revolution for the Patriot cause. The road connected vital supply routes for General George Washington and his allies. […]
The Journal Square Community Association, in partnership with the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, is excited to present a Public Scholar Project titled: "New Jersey's Vital Role in American Independence" presented by speaker Jonathan Mercantini. New Jersey was the ‘Crossroads of the American Revolution’; the site of more fighting than any other state, including […]
The George Washington Commemorative Society is proud to host a President's Day Wreath Laying Ceremony on Monday, February 18, 11:00a at the Apple Tree House (298 Academy Street). This event is free and open to the public.
Local historian Dennis Doran will lead a walking tour of the Heights neighborhood. Tour begins at the corner of Central Avenue and Bowers Street. Click here to register.
The City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, the Journal Square SID, the Bergen Square Historic Society and the Journal Square Community Association are excited to present Bergen Square Day - a celebration and revival of the very-historic Bergen Square. Please join us on Saturday, May 18 as we open the […]
Please join the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy on May 19, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Froth on Franklin for a presentation about America’s first internationally renowned writer, Washington Irving, who shared a long and creative relationship with Jersey City and the Garden State. The presentation by author and Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy board member […]
Jersey City Public Schools will host its annual student history fair tonight at the Apple Tree House! For the first time ever, the event will take place at the historic, newly opened Apple Tree House. Legend claims that while camped in Bergen for three days, General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette during the […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, are excited to present "Immigrant State: Jersey's Influential Gate." This lecture will be presented by Carlos Ulises Decena, Associate Professor and Chair of Latino and Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University. The […]
Join us for a conversation on Black history & legacy of Jersey City, in conjunction with the on-view archival exhibition, "Histories of Black Jersey City, 1630-Present". On the panel is Deborah Hairston (Co-Curator, Saint Peter's University) Muriel D. Roberts (Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Inc.-New Jersey Chapter), Dr. John Johnson (Assistant Professor of History St. […]
Thursday, February 20th, 6-7:30 PM. Limited Seating, Apple Tree House Description: This lecture analyzes the role of African American women as leaders in the movement for political rights for African Americans in the long 1960s. Starting with women who were involved in the political campaigns that led to the passage of the voting rights act […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the French American Academy presents the French Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Please wear a mask and adhere to social […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Colombian American Community present the Colombian Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held at City Hall Balcony on Monday, July 20, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. All other attendees will be at […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City West Indian Caribbean American Carnival Association Inc. presented the Caricom Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, July 22, 2020, from 12:00pm to […]
Outdoor performance at Berry Lane Park, Jersey City, NJ 07304 August 21st at 7PM. To reserve your seats please visit Speranza Theatre Company Please adhere to the socially-distancing standards and wear a mask.
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
