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Middlesex County Volunteer Fifes and Drums Corp Marches thru Morristown and Somerville

It's been on our radar to prepare a post and video since one of the nation's top fife and drum…

2 weeks ago

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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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…

4 weeks ago

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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Gliders Soar at Historic Schley Field in Liberty Corner, New Jersey

In the mid-1930s, after the Schley Field opened for Glider Competitions, the glider game changed. However, there was a glider…

1 month ago

The Lost Lake Beneath the Hills: The Forgotten Silk City of Pluckemin

Superior Thread and Yarn Company 🧵 The “Lyons (France) of New Jersey” Then came industry. In July 1910 the Bernardsville…

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Collectible: Warren’s Egg-O-Mat Coming to NJ Historic Wooden Village- Pre Orders Underway

11/9/2025 Update: The offer is now suspended due to a lack of interest. Deposits have been refunded. If there is…

1 month ago

The Hills Church & Cemetery & Pluckemin’s Pigtail Mountain

View from the west of Pigtail (right) and Schley Mountain (left), c.1910, part of the 2nd Watchung Mountain range in…

1 month ago

Share Bedminster Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas

With America's 250th anniversary just around the corner, there's no better time to recognize great American history about what we've…

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