Views: 1,443 New Jersey has been shaping Americaâs toy box for more than a century. It began in Cinnaminson with Samuel Leeds Allenâs 1889 Flexible Flyer sled and in West Orange with Edisonâs talking doll, the first to speak on… Read More »Vintage Toys Are the Best History Ever – Playing, Collecting, Remembering
Views: 611 If you got the word, you get the head start on the End Of Year Holiday News, Specials, Events, and MLH Stories The magazine is free and our gift to you.Please consider making a REALLY BIG YEAR-END DONATION… Read More »Mr. Local History 2025 Holiday Gift Giving Guide / Magazine
The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating 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.
Views: 10,480 President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, the last Thursday of November that year, to be a âday of public thanksgiving.â What is known as the “Gentry”, in New Jersey they held fox hunts on Thanksgiving Day. Fox… Read More »Thanksgiving Meet – Horses, Hounds and Foxes Before Turkey – A Countryside Tradition
Views: 649 It’s been on our radar to prepare a post and video since one of the nation’s top fife and drum units made their march into New Jersey during a warm spell in July 2023. First in Morristown at… Read More »Middlesex County Volunteer Fifes and Drums Corp Marches thru Morristown and Somerville
Views: 13,212 Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day, Bernards Township and Bernardsville honor our military veterans with a banner salute around the Bernards Township Municipal building and in the downtown Bernardsville area. The banners usually stay up between the two… Read More »Honoring our Bernards Township Armed Service Veterans this Veterans Day
Views: 5,575 The borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey, in conjunction with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Memorial Post 7858 and Downtown Bernardsville, honors local soldiers with a program entitled âBernardsville honors our soldiers.â Bernardsville was once part of Bernards… Read More »Bernardsville Honors Local Military
Views: 2,773 The RidgeâBernards Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl Rivalry. We could hold our tongue no more. It needs to come back, so we had to tell the history and why we’d love to get it back. From 1963 through 1977,… Read More »Bring Back the Thanksgiving Ridge vs. Bernards Turkey Bowl
Views: 568 New Jersey played a significant role in shaping the nationâs Thanksgiving tradition, from Governor Sir Francis Bernardâs colonial proclamations to Governor William Livingstonâs 1783 Day of Thanksgiving, to local congressman Elias Boudinot inspiring President George Washingtonâs first national… Read More »Thanksgiving History & Memories Jersey Style
Views: 1,418 On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln designated Thursday, November 26, 1863, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. While many recognize President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation, many don’t know that two New Jersey statesmen persuaded President… Read More »Thanksgiving Proclamations Way Before Lincoln Did It -Thanks Jersey Guys
Views: 1,413 đ Fallâs Golden Tapestry, A Journey Through Time and Color Every autumn, the hills, rivers, and small towns of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania come alive in a blaze of color. Crimson maples, amber oaks, and golden… Read More »Fall Beauty in our Community – Photos Over the Years
Views: 579 Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil, and other horror stories weâve dug up from Central New Jerseyâs past. Maybe urban legends, but theyâre OUR stories! When the leaves start turning and the nights get cooler,… Read More »Ghost Tales, Urban Legends and Cemeteries From Central New Jersey
Views: 4,221 đ» The 3rd Floor “Spirit of the Astor Estate” in Basking Ridge. A spirit has haunted owners and workers wandering the third floor causing ghostly havoc at times.Reported by a number of Bernards Township Employees at the Astor… Read More »Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall
Views: 7,948 The 2025 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is designed to help travelers better time their trips to maximize their chances… Read More »Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 3,217 Our Fall 2025 cover photo honors the history of the Somerset Hills area of Northern Somerset County, New Jersey, and the iconic Blairsden Mansion & Estate. Over the years, the estate has also been a private residence, an… Read More »Mr. Local History 2025 Fall Magazine Vol 7. Issue 3