The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism,…
America's First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy (Dec.1778) was 24 Years BEFORE West Point (Mar. 16, 1802). One of the…
"Pluck-em-in" and America 250 - Perfect Together. Get to know this Great American History Story We hope you share these…
In the mid-1930s, after the Schley Field opened for Glider Competitions, the glider game changed. However, there was a glider…
Superior Thread and Yarn Company 🧵 The “Lyons (France) of New Jersey” Then came industry. In July 1910 the Bernardsville…
View from the west of Pigtail (right) and Schley Mountain (left), c.1910, part of the 2nd Watchung Mountain range in…
With America's 250th anniversary just around the corner, there's no better time to recognize great American history about what we've…
John Seidel, Archeologist, Director/Professor, Washington College, Chesterfield, Maryland It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House…
July is National Ice Cream Month, so it's time for Mr. Local History's look back at the history, the good…
In a sleepy equestrian area in the Somerset Hills of central New Jersey, the former President of the United States…
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