Join us for a virtual Zoom lecture by local Historian Don Bender where he will discuss the network of Nike Missile bases in New Jersey including the installation at Riker’s Hill (in Livingston and East Hanover) that constituted a bulwark against a potential Soviet nuclear attack from the 1950s to the 70s. 

ORGANIZED BY: Montclair State University’s Harry A. Sprague Library, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, School of Communication and Media, Office of International Engagement, WMSC Radio, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Disability Resource Center and the Center for Community Engagement. 

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs within the Department of State, through funds administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this series do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. 

Additional support has been provided by the Montclair Society of Engineers, NJ Peace Action, IEEE North Jersey, Montclair TV34, Livingston Historical Society and the Livingston Public Library.  

Registration is required.