Views: 64 Are the Boylans and the Bullions the same family in Liberty Corner? Before Liberty Corner was Liberty Corner, it was Annins Corner AND we also found in named Boylans Corner (Bullions Corner). And what about that Bernardsville house… Read More »The Boylans American Journey to Build Liberty Corner, Pluckemin and Bernardsville
Views: 7,839 Researching Local History with Maps As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing a time and place. We use these maps to research history and find buildings, families, farms, or streets.… Read More »Sharing Local History with Maps – How to Read Into Them
Views: 7,927 UPDATE: We are looking for art programs, non-profits, and elder program coordinators to consider programs where an entire art class works to create their own collection with ties to our collective local history. MLHP Education Coordinator The Mr.… Read More »Art and History – Looking for Artists To Interpret History to Celebrate NJ250
The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating its 22nd Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism, tradition, and Christmas spirit. It offers an array of activities including music, reenactments, crafts, and holiday shopping. The event typically takes place on the last weekend of November and the first week of December.
Views: 1,802 New Jersey’s Gift to AmericaSomerset County’s Gift to AmericaBridgewater’s Gift to AmericaMiddlebrook’s Gift to AmericaThey all come on Independence Day RAIN or SHINE – EVERY July 4th at 10:30 am – Join friends and family on Independence Day… Read More »New Jersey’s Gift to America – July 4 Celebration
Views: 257 It takes around two minutes and eighteen seconds to sing God Bless America. Mr. Local History took a trip to the “Field of Honor,” an annual tradition at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey. Sit back,… Read More »Take 2 Minutes and 18 Seconds to Celebrate America
Views: 11,640 The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it. Jefferson drafted the statement between June 11 and 28, submitted drafts to… Read More »Independence Day – Kudos to New Jersey Signers #jersey5
Views: 2,638 During the Middlebrook Encampment periods during the Revolutionary War, George Washington strategically utilized the Watchung Mountain Range for both his soldiers and his own advantage. The mountains provided a perfect view of the surrounding areas where the British… Read More »General Washington’s Two Favorite Lookout Points
Views: 3,100 John Morton was a Colonel in the Continental Army. Still, he gave up his commission in 1761 to become a highly successful merchant, specializing in the trade of flax back home to his native Ulster in Northern Ireland… Read More »John Morton – General Washington’s Rebel Banker Hid in Basking Ridge
Views: 6,200 The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) Goes Right Through Liberty Corner as the site of the English Farm that hosted 5000+ Soldiers During the Famous 1781 March to Yorktown. This march ended with defeating the British Army and… Read More »English Farm – Liberty Corner’s Historic Gem
Views: 2,478 New Jersey is known as the “Cockpit of the American Revolution” for a reason – because it was. More battles, more encampments, more strategies took place in New Jersey than in any other colony of the original thirteen.… Read More »New Jersey Rev War Series Mr. Local History Project
Views: 1,139 Knowing that people are very busy, we’ve gathered a playlist of short videos that take your through some of the most prominent events of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey. Watch the ones you can, or bookmark the… Read More »New Jersey Rev War Video Collection
Views: 3,762 Middlebrook is a know area in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey. We call it “Jersey’s Gift to America.” New Jersey is known as the “cockpit of the American revolution.” More battles were fought in… Read More »Rev War in Somerset County Means Middlebrook
Views: 6,808 Like me, many of us in Somerset County, New Jersey, we drive back and forth on Route 22 never thinking that just off the highway on the hillside off Vosseller Avenue in Bridgewater, New Jersey is a small… Read More »Why Should EVERYONE in New Jersey Fly THIS Flag? Don’t Ask Betsy Ross
Views: 3,668 Jockey Hollow is part of America’s first National Historical Park, Morristown National Historical Park which marks their 90th Anniversary in 2023. We also know there is a Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen, a four-part restaurant housed inside Morristown’s historic… Read More »What is (a) Jockey Hollow?