Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students

UPDATE: May 2025

Connecting Bernards Township students to their local history, the Mr. Local History Project kicked off its 3rd year of our Project Local History Ambassador program for 5th-grade students thanks to the financial support of many notable people in the township. The program provides an official Annin & Company Bernards Township flag alongside an assembly discussing the history of Bernards Township, the Annin Flag Company, and the history of the design of the official flag of Bernards Township.

Mt. Prospect 5th graders kicked off our assembly that will be held at all 5th-grade Bernards Township schools in early May 2025.

Project Local Ambassador started in 2023 and continues for five years so that every 5th-grade student in Bernards Township receives an official Bernards Township flag along with the history of this iconic local history keepsake.

Project Local History Ambassador would have never started if it wasn’t for our community’s generosity.
Meg Wastie – Education Program Coordinator

To preserve and promote Bernards Township’s pride and history, the MLH Project started giving custom Bernards Township flags to every 5th-grade student at Cedar Hill, Liberty Corner, Mt. Prospect, Oak Street, and St. James schools over five years until every student had a Bernards Township flag.

Please help our efforts to pay it forward for the next four years with a donation to the Mr. Local History Project – Click Here

There is a deep connection to history, as the world’s largest flagmaker family originated in Liberty Corner, New Jersey. Known originally as Annin’s Corner, the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township was the first home to the Annin Family, who made this very special flag for all those students moving on to William Annin Middle School.

Help Pay it Forward

While we got thru year one of five, you can still make a difference by paying it forward so the Mr. Local History Project can continue this program for 5 years so EVERY STUDENT in Bernards Township can get a flag for themselves.

Click to make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION – MLH is a 501c3 non-profit charity and needs donations to survive.

Thank You, Donors

A special thank you to all the donors who help make Project Local Ambassador possible: (Click Here to donate)

Emily Johnston	Brooks Clinton	Patricia Brosnan
Deidre Hollock	James Baldassare Jr	Lisa Renaud
Dan & Pam Vonbargen	Sharon Creeden	Deborah Marcus
Deborah Marcus	Nancy D’Andrea	Carolyn Gaziano
Jennifer Asay	Barbara Long (Wabba Travel)	Peter Capizzi

Mr. Local History passed along a few gifts in appreciation of the generous donation made on behalf of Couch Braunsdorf Insurance to Emily Johnston (pictured). This local business helped make the Project Local History Ambassador program possible.

About the Mr. Local History Project

The Mr. Local History project’s mission is to promote and preserve local history with a social twist. We are based in the Somerset Hills, an area in northern Somerset County, New Jersey. As an all-volunteer, registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit, the group creates social and educational programs and activities that strive to engage in fun, new ways across New Jersey. Find out more at www.mrlocalhistory.org.