History

Looking Back (and Down) with a Drone View Across Historic New Jersey

One of our favorite drone viewpoints - The Somerville, MA Fife and Drum Corp at the Somerset Town Hall in…

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MLH Drone Crash – Help Needed

SAD NEWS: Our Drone Took a Hard Fall - Hoping Our Fans Can Help. November 2, 2025 SAD NEWS: Our…

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Thanksgiving History & Memories Jersey Style

Thanksgiving holidays, turkey, football, proclamations, fox hunts, Thanksgiving eve at Bernardsville Freddy's or Westfield's Jolly Trolley. Tell us your favorite…

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Bernards Plateau and the Bernards Commons Community – Every Home Faces a Shared Park

1930s: Bernards Plateau and the 60-acre Bernards Commons & Decker's Park Community Project The Bernards Plateau was named for the…

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1901: Basking Ridge Former Slave Dies at 110

EX-SLAVE DIES AT 110 YEARS OF AGE. Sold at one time for a yoke of oxen by his New Jersey…

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Honoring Civil War Black Soldiers at the Lamington Black Cemetery

The Lamington Black Cemetery is an African American cemetery in the Lamington section of Bedminster Township, New Jersey, located on…

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Dr. Robert Finley, Founder of a Classical Prep School and the American Colonization Society

Dr. Robert Finley's Work To Help Blacks, Defeat Slavery, and Colonize Liberia Original Post: October 19, 2000Updated: October 26, 2025…

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Fall History in New Jersey – The Beauty, The Scary, and Some Oktoberfest

New Jersey in the fall is pure magic. From late September through November, the state transforms into a sea of…

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1930 – Lyons Glider Field: Where New Jersey’s Soaring Story Began

Before the Schley Glider Field rose to fame in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, a quiet field in the Lyons section…

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Thanksgiving Proclamation Way Before Lincoln Did It -Thanks Jersey Guys

While history recognizes President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation, many don't know that two New Jersey statesmen persuaded President George Washington…

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