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General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour
Steps to download the app:
• Text Hudson to 56512
• Click on the mobile website link
• Tap the button to add the app to
your cell phone’s homescreen
• Click “Historical Walking Tours”
• Read instructions
• Scroll down to select Kearny
• Listen to the introduction by Mayor Alberto Santos
• Hear the recordings of the content of the 12 monuments featured in the tour booklet as read by Mayor Santos and Eagle Scout, Nate Jablonski
The General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour (GPKMTT) is an on-going initiative to help residents and others learn about Major General Philip Kearny and his town’s culturally diverse history in an interactive format. The 5.1-mile urban hike features 12 historical monuments in the Town of Kearny, New Jersey. Marking the trail are numbered waypoints of General Kearny at each of the 12 designated stops. Participants can earn a commemorative patch and medal of General Kearny by answering questions about the 12 historical sites in the tour booklet.
To register and order the free tour booklet, please email [email protected]. Additionally, an audio recording of the self-guided historical walking tour can be downloaded through the app available through www.VisitHudson.org. Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos and Nathaniel Jablonski recorded the introduction and information about the 12 featured monuments in the tour booklet, memorializing the historical tour of Kearny in a modern format.
The GPKMTT was developed as the Eagle Project of Nathaniel Jablonski of Troop/Unit 305 at St. Stephen’s Church in Kearny to share the historical contributions of Kearny’s residents, past, present, and future, in an engaging way. The inaugural hike took place on September 7, 2019. For further information, visit GPKMTT social media:
https://www.kearnyscouts.com/gpk-memorial-town-tour
https://www.facebook.com/gpk_town_tour-109508383741605/
https://www.instagram.com/gpk_town_tour/
https://www.kearnynj.org/event/gen-philip-kearny-memorial-tour-inaugural-hike/
On the blue skied, crisp Saturday morning of September 7, 2019, 118 people of all ages participated in the inaugural hike of the “General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour” as the kickoff of the Eagle Scout Service Project of Nathaniel Jablonski, a Life Scout and the Troop Guide of Unit 305 in Kearny, and high school junior at St. Peter’s Prep. Scouts from Unit 305 and other Boy and Girl Scout Troops in New Jersey were joined by Mayor Alberto Santos, all members of the Kearny Town Council, the General Philip Kearny Memorial Committee, local organizations, residents, and guests to learn about the culturally-diverse history of the Town of Kearny.
Hikers gathered on the lawn of VFW Post #1302 on Veterans Row on Belgrove Drive in Kearny. The tour’s self-guided 5.1-mile urban hike routing among 12 of Kearny’s historical monuments began at the statue of the Civil War Union Soldier positioned between the VFW and American Legion Post 99. After completing the questions in the tour booklet, participants were presented with a commemorative medal and patch of General Kearny designed specifically for this tour by Jablonski.
The General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour is an on-going initiative to help residents and others learn about Kearny’s rich history in an interactive format. A recording of the self-guided historical walking tour can be downloaded through the app available through www.VisitHudson.org. If you or your organization would like to participate in the tour, please email [email protected] for registration information.
Photos courtesy of Barbara Goldberg, Holly Capobianco, and Unit 305.
Meetings: St. Stephens Church, Hedges Hall SEPT-JUN - Scouts on Thur @ 7pm
& Cubscouts on Fri @ 7pm
Thank you in advance to the participants whom have registered for the inaugural hike of the “General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour” that steps off this Saturday, September 7th. Some important information:
• Check-in begins at 9:00 a.m. at the VFW Post #1302 located at 300 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. The tour will begin and end at this location.
• Visit www.VisitHudson.org to download the app that includes an audio presentation of the tour.
• Welcoming remarks by Nate Jablonski, Eagle Scout candidate, will be at 9:30 a.m.
• Tour will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.
• Wear comfortable walking shoes/sneakers.
• Wear sunscreen and bring a hat and sunglasses.
• Pack a raincoat (event will be held rain or shine).
• All Scouts must wear their Class A uniforms with neckerchiefs.
• Unit 305 members should each bring an empty day pack to carry extra water.
• Bathroom facilities are available in the American Legion and VFW buildings.
• Please follow the route in the booklet and visit each of the 12 featured monuments.
• Walk along sidewalks whenever possible.
• Use caution when crossing the street at crosswalks when possible.
• At the end of the tour, please return your completed tour booklet to receive your medal and patch.
Your support of my Eagle Project to promote the history of the Town of Kearny in an interactive, on-going, self-guided tour is greatly appreciated. Please encourage others to participate in the “General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour” by contacting [email protected].
Nate Jablonski, Troop Guide
Unit 305, Kearny NJ
Today in New Jersey history:
August 7, 1861: General Philip Kearny, one armed New Jersey hero of the Mexican War, assumed command of the First New Jersey Brigade in Virginia. The ill-disciplined brigade’s first meeting with its new commander was not auspicious, as he found the Jerseymen looting a peach orchard. After placing the officers under arrest, Kearny met with them and laid out disciplinary guidelines. Over the winter of 1861-1862, the general’s training regimen turned the brigade into a first class outfit, a reputation it maintained to the end of the war. Kearny never commanded the Jerseymen in combat, though, leaving for division command before the Peninsula Campaign.
August 7, 1967: The first C-141 transport plane, dubbed The Garden State Starlifter, arrived at McGuire Air Force Base.
Picture: General Phil Kearny
Unit 305 proudly announces the inaugural hike of the “General Philip Kearny Memorial Town Tour” which will take place on Saturday, September 7, 2019. The 5.1-mile urban hike was developed to provide an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating and culturally diverse history of the Town of Kearny. Nathaniel Jablonski, a Life Scout and the Troop Guide of Unit 305, planned the historical tour among 12 of Kearny’s notable monuments to bring Kearny’s rich history to life for his Eagle Scout Service Project.
Participants can earn a commemorative medal and patch of General Kearny once they complete the tour booklet. To register as an individual or a group, please email [email protected] by August 12th. Participants will gather and check-in at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 7th on Veterans Row on Belgrove Drive in Kearny. The tour will step off at 10:00 a.m. from the parking lot of the American Legion Post 99 and VFW Post #1302. Thank you in advance for your support.
Organized by Kearny resident Nathaniel Jablonski, the Gen. Philip Kearny Memorial Tour Inaugural Hike highlights 12 historical
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