Mahwah Veterans Project
Mahwah Veterans Project
The Mahwah Museum is grateful for all that our servicemen and women, past and present, have done for our country and our town.
The Mahwah Museum started a Veterans Project in 2020 to build an archive of biographical information on the men and women who served in the military. The Museum has some information on soldiers who served in the Civil War and World War I but hopes to document the military service of our town in a more systematic way. To do that we need your help!
The Museum has begun a website with the names and short biographies of veterans. Currently we have over 500 names, but we know that there are many more out there. If your father, grandfather, great-grandfather or grandmother served in the military and lived in Mahwah, please contact the museum with that information. Volunteers will then conduct biographical research, looking for obituaries, service records, and photographs. Any help you can provide would be most appreciated.
If you are a veteran or currently serving in the military, we would love to add you to the list and if you like, schedule oral history interviews. These need not be in person, but can be via Zoom or telephone, or e-mail/snail mail.
We have an eager group of student volunteers, Bobby Ciarletta, Jacob Sack, Matthew Hyman, and Michelle Kukan, who have been working with Museum Board member Diane Mateo to conduct research. We hope to profile some of these stories on our website and in future exhibits. If you would like to help out with the project, we can use more hands, especially with interviewing. Contact us at veteran-project@mahwahmuseum.org.
Veterans Survey
Please print out this survey, complete and send to Mahwah Museum, 201 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah, NJ, or email answers to veteran-project@mahwahmuseum.org.
MAHWAH VETERANS SURVEY
Thank you for your service!