Holiday
Origins of Cold as Balls and Cold as a Witch’s Teet
The phrase “cold as balls” reportedly comes from the contraction of metal on ship’s cannons, causing the iron balls to fall. The expression “cold as a witch’s tit” originated from the belief that witches, portrayed as cold-blooded in the 1600s, had an ‘unholy’ body part feeding familiars or the devil.
10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 9,319 Believe it or not, the dead is alive in central New Jersey especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but more like are they disturbing or friendly? As we share,… Read More »10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Keepsake: 100th Basking Ridge Christmas Eve Carol on the Green
Views: 7,100 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Keepsake Village has decreed a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection expanding the exclusive set of New Jersey collectible icons. Introducing the “Winter and Christmas Eve… Read More »Keepsake: 100th Basking Ridge Christmas Eve Carol on the Green
Rev War in Somerset County Means Middlebrook
Views: 3,079 Middlebrook is a know area in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey. We call it “Jersey’s Gift to America.” New Jersey is known as the “cockpit of the American revolution.” More battles were fought in… Read More »Rev War in Somerset County Means Middlebrook
Bernards Township Day of Community Service and Pride 2024 Challenge
Views: 4,938 DATE: Friday, May 24, 2024 – Day Focuses on Community Service and Pride in Bernards Township The Mr. Local History Project celebrates Bernards Township Day with two great historic items. Get a vinyl sticker or an original Bernards… Read More »Bernards Township Day of Community Service and Pride 2024 Challenge
Colonial Christmas Shines at Bedminster’s Vanderveer House
The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating its 21st 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. The event typically takes place on the last weekend of November and the first week of December.
THE First American Flag and Middlebrook, New Jersey
Views: 11,494 Isn’t it great when you think you know about something only to find out that someone else has shown up with a different answer? Well, I hate to admit it, but I think it’s been done to us… Read More »THE First American Flag and Middlebrook, New Jersey
The American Flag Means Annin in Liberty Corner
Views: 10,307 Flag Day is celebrated every June 14, commemorating the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777,by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. Many don’t know that Flag Day has direct ties to two… Read More »The American Flag Means Annin in Liberty Corner
Bernards Township Day of Community Service & Pride
Views: 3,361 Circle the Date on the Calendar!Bernards Township’s Annual Day of Community Service and Pride is Wednesday, May 24, 2023. First off, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who participated last year’s Bernards Township Day of Community Service and Pride. The… Read More »Bernards Township Day of Community Service & Pride
Bernards Township & Bernardsville Honor Our Military Heros
Views: 7,363 Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day Bernards Township and Bernardsville honors our military veterans with a banner salute around the Bernards Township Municipal building and in downtown Bernardsville area. The banners usually stay up between the two holidays… Read More »Bernards Township & Bernardsville Honor Our Military Heros
Holiday Greeting Cards are all about Local
Views: 2,184 Join the community on Saturday, December 3, 2022 in Bernardsville and Basking Ridge as they kick off the holiday season. Our Mr. Local History Holiday cards represent the best of the holidays for the villages of Bernardsville and… Read More »Holiday Greeting Cards are all about Local
Tis the Season – Two Trees that Will Warm Your Heart
Views: 1,777 What better way to give back to our hometown then to give not just one, but TWO trees to the community. The Mr. Local History elves present our 2021 editions called the “Tooth Fairy Tree” and “His-TREES” both… Read More »Tis the Season – Two Trees that Will Warm Your Heart
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