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The Garden State: Where Ideas Grow
2025-08-19 14:00:00 2025-08-19 15:00:00 America/New_York The Garden State: Where Ideas Grow Learn about inventions that came from the imaginative minds of Garden State residents. Brick Branch - Brick Meeting Room

Tuesday, August 19
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-19 14:00:00 2025-08-19 15:00:00 America/New_York The Garden State: Where Ideas Grow Learn about inventions that came from the imaginative minds of Garden State residents. Brick Branch - Brick Meeting Room

Brick Branch

Brick Meeting Room

Learn about inventions that came from the imaginative minds of Garden State residents.

Band-Aids. Barcodes. Motion pictures. The modern submarine. What do these things have in common? They were all invented in the great state of New Jersey! Not to mention the 1,093 U.S. patents issued to Thomas Alva Edison. Our home state is truly the land of innovation and Bubble Wrap, solar panels, flexible film, and transistors are a few more of the ingenious things that have been created. Join us for this informative program presented by New Jersey resident and author, Linda Barth.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Discussion |

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