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UPDATE: Old Time Wakes
Join us Sunday, Sept 26th at 2pm to hear legendary storyteller Bob Leach recount the days when the dearly departed were in the front parlor and the whiskey was in the kitchen. Suggested donation: $10. Proceeds benefit the Cemetery Restoration Project.
This event is co-sponsored by the Division of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Public Library.
Buy The Bobcat Campaign!
Dear Friends, We need to raise $20,000 more for the purchase of a BOBCAT Excavator to assist with major leveling of the grounds, pathways, & lifting fallen stones. Please help us save this national treasure and make a donation today online, or mail check PAYABLE TO "JERSEY CITY CEMETERY" to P.O.Box 8026, Jersey City, NJ 07308. EVERY $5 helps us!!! Thanks & God bless!
Volunteer Today !
Help us on Saturdays as we cut grass, rake & plant flowers from 9 am to 2 pm. |
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The Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery is a National Treasure. Prior to the creation of the Cemetery in 1829, it's historical significance dates back to the 1700's as the site of Revolutionary War skirmishes, and an active Ammunition Bunker during the War of 1812 that still stands proudly on our grounds. Now the sacred eternal resting place of thousands of soldiers from the Revolutionary & Civil Wars, the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, WWI and II, forward, as well as home to our earliest Jersey City founders, leaders, residents and legends. With its 200 year old English Ivy adorning many of the towering trees, and the monumental works of art, this 6-acre sanctuary of peace and unique history is one of the most beautiful natural settings in Jersey City.
Sadly neglected and abandoned in early 2008, the Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery is now being saved and preserved by the dedicated efforts of a newly formed volunteer Board of Trustees, a hard-working group of volunteers, and a supportive Community who are committed to the restoration of the historic cemetery grounds, caretaker house, and historic monuments.
With undivided loyalty, we will protect and preserve, with honor, our ancestors and veterans in memoriam, while promoting the early American historical events that took place on these sacred grounds.
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