Armistice Day Exhibit Featured At Atlantic County Veterans Museum

MAYS LANDING, NJ — The Atlantic County Veterans Museum will feature a photographic exhibit highlighting Armistice Day starting this month.

“Legacy of Remembrance: Armistice Day Monuments of New Jersey” opens Oct. 31 and runs through Jan. 4, 2025, the county announced in a news release.

The exhibit highlights many of the Armistice Day monuments created and installed throughout New Jersey after World War I, including Atlantic City’s Liberty in Distress by Frederick MacMonnies. Historian/Photographer Erik L. Burro will give a presentation about the monuments on Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. at the museum.

The Veterans Museum is open Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Admission is free and each visitor receives a self-guided tour booklet. Group tours are available by appointment and can be scheduled by calling (609) 909-7305.

The museum will also be open on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. It is located at 189 Route 50 South, Mays Landing.

It occupies the former home of Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, the first mayor of Estell Manor and the first female mayor in New Jersey. It was built in 1832 by Winston’s grandfather and remodeled in the 1920s to Colonia Revival style. Atlantic County purchased the house in 1993 and rehabilitated it to provide a museum to serve as a tribute to local veterans and to honor their contributions to our nations’ history.

The museum features artifacts and personal histories of many Atlantic County veterans, highlighting wars and conflicts from the Revolutionary War through modern day with keepsakes and mementos of veterans and their family members.