A Call to Arms & NJ ACLU

Today in New Jersey history:

June 16, 1863: Governor Joel Parker issued a proclamation calling for New Jerseyans to volunteer to defend Pennsylvania from Confederate invasion. In the event, a few companies of volunteer militia were formed, but never left the state. Many of the men of the Twenty-third New Jersey Infantry, veterans of Fredericksburg and Salem Church, who were in Beverley awaiting discharge after completion of nine months’ service, did respond, however. These Jerseymen followed their commander, Colonel E. Burd Grubb, to Harrisburg, where they dug trenches along the Susquehanna River. The men of the Twenty-third returned home after the crisis passed, many grumbling that the Pennsylvanians did not appreciate their efforts. 

June 16, 1960: The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey was founded in Newark. ACLU-NJ is a non partisan Civil Rights organization dedicated to litigation and lobbying on behalf of Civil Rights issues.