2023 MLH Summer Edition Vol. 5 Issue 2

Great stories for the summer:

  • Everyone in Jersey Should Fly this flag
  • Mee the Jersey 5 Signers
  • New Jersey’s Gift to America this July 4
  • Project Local History Ambassador
  • Remembering Warren’s Egg O Mat Vending Machine
  • Westfield’s Jolly Trolly Keepsake
  • Graveyard Walking Tour Coming to Basking Ridge

Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students

UPDATE: March 2025 Connecting Bernards Township students to their local history, the Mr. Local History Project kicked off its 3rd…

1 month ago

Remembering and Now Saving The EggOmat in Warren Township, New Jersey

2025 UPDATE: Rembering, YES. But now it's time to SAVE the Warren EggOMat! UPDATE: February 23, 2025 We finally saw…

4 months ago

New Jersey’s Gift to America – July 4 Celebration

New Jersey’s Gift to AmericaSomerset County’s Gift to AmericaBridgewater’s Gift to AmericaMiddlebrook’s Gift to AmericaThey all come on Independence Day…

10 months ago

Take 2 Minutes and 18 Seconds to Celebrate America

It takes around two minutes and eighteen seconds to sing God Bless America. Mr. Local History took a trip to…

10 months ago

Independence Day – Kudos to New Jersey Signers #jersey5

The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August…

10 months ago

Jersey’s History Bucket List

Wow, this story was one of our most controversial and difficult stories we've ever prepared. Just the thought of picking…

2 years ago

Basking Ridge’s Oldest Cemetery

NOTE: Warren, Far Hills, and Bernardsville were all part of Bernards Township in the early 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.…

2 years ago

Everyone in Jersey – Why You Should Fly This American Flag

Like me, many of us in Somerset County, New Jersey drive back and forth down Route 287 then east on…

2 years ago

Westfield’s Icon Jolly Trolley Enshrined in NJ Historic Wooden Village

Mr. Local History is proud to announce, after years of thought, that they will be producing a very limited run…

6 years ago

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