Mr. Local History 2025 Spring Magazine Vol 7. Issue 1

Spring Vol.7 Issue 1 2025 Edition —Join the Mr. Local History Project as you start to venture outside in the spring air to witness the beautiful history of the Garden State! Great stories about the history and how you can get out there and take it in.

Spring Edition Articles:

• Spring is in the Air – Historic Gardens in Jersey You Must See.
• Bernardsville’s Historic Cross Estate & Gardens
• There’s a lot of History in These 100+ Jersey Dive Bars
• Wildwood Neon: How about that Museum Award and all that Neon!
  NJ is Home to One of The Best Pop Culture Museums in the Country, USA Today Says
• No One Has More Cherry Blossom Trees Than New Jersey – Time to Visit Branch Brook Park
• Bernards Township Charter Day is Saturday, May 17 – Come For a Visit
• Project Local History Ambassador Hands Out over 500 Bernards Flags to Fifth Graders
• Newark’s Branch Brook Park Has More Cherry Blossoms Than Any Other Park in America
• The Riverside Inn – History of Cranford’s (and New Jersey’s) #1 Dive Bar
• Cranford, New Jersey: 5 historic properties inducted into the NJ Historic Wooden Village Collection

and much, much more.

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The Cross Estate and Gardens in Bernardsville, New Jersey, is a beautiful sanctuary of gardens alongside the historic Cross Estate.