Views: 1,289Where: Bernards Township Library Lower LevelWhen: Monday, December 14, 2026 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMCost: FREEBut You MUST Register: Click Here What would have happened if General Charles Lee WASN’T captured in Basking Ridge?Join the Mr. Local History… Read More »Presentation: Sacking General Lee in Basking Ridge.But What if… Monday, Dec.14
Views: 978As Americans experience our 250th anniversary, historians are asking how this moment should be understood and remembered. The Mr. Local History Project is preparing an in-depth story that brings together perspectives from respected voices across our region. This collection… Read More »What America at 250 Means to Me Essay Series Open to All
Views: 1,814Long before telegraphs, radios, or cell phones, New Jersey’s mountaintops carried messages by fire. During the Revolutionary War, General William Livingston and Brigadier General William Alexander—better known as Lord Stirling—relied on a chain of signal beacons stretching across the… Read More »Igniting New Jersey’s Revolutionary Signal Beacons for America 250 Effort
Views: 1,361For centuries, historians have relied on books, letters, artifacts, and exhibits to tell the stories of the past. But what if visitors could do something more? What if they could sit down and talk with Elias Boudinot, Henry George,… Read More »Meet HistOracle AI: New Jersey Team Brings History’s Voices Back to Life
Views: 770This post is part of a series in which the Mr. Local History Project will document what we believe are the early stages of a new varsity sport across the state. We plan to meet with the New Jersey… Read More »Documenting the Ridge High School Sailing Program
Views: 3,476UPDATE:EXTENSION – Submissions to the program have been extended to give everyone a bit more time to complete and submit their thoughts, as well as to share their experiences over the July 4th period, providing additional retrospective in your… Read More »What America at 250 Means To You as A New Jerseyian
Views: 6,486UPDATE / Donor Special: The 2026 Ambassador Giving Campaign to Support Project Local History Ambassador for 5th Grade Students is underway: five schools and almost 500 Bernards Township official flags to be distributed. See our special offer to financially… Read More »Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students in Bernards Township
Views: 3,017At a recent Somerset County 250th Celebration gathering at the Grain House Restaurant, a simple sign pointed visitors toward the Hunt Room. It was an ordinary moment, but it captured something bigger, the quiet buildup of a once-in-a-generation opportunity… Read More »NJ 250 Idea – Build a Rev War Signal Beacon – Then Burn It
Views: 8,683UPDATE: January 19, 2026 A few researchers at the Mr. Local History Project are looking for a few Chinese and Indian residents interested in tracing the roots of these two growing communities in Bernards Township to the first families… Read More »Bernards Township History: The Asian Origins Initiative
Views: 16,894Researching Local History with Maps As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing a time and place. We use these maps to research history and find buildings, families, farms, or streets. We… Read More »Map Research & Archives: Sharing Local History with Maps
Views: 16,216Each 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 holidays… Read More »Honoring our Bernards Township Armed Service Veterans this Veterans Day
Views: 2,501With America’s 250th anniversary just around the corner, there’s no better time to recognize great American history about what we’ve coined “The Greatest Story Never Told” about the American Revolution – The Academy that came 24 years before the… Read More »Share Pluckemin Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas
Views: 3,756As of right now, we are UNABLE to bring our programs to the public and the schools because they require insurance. We’re asking for your financial support. All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501c3 charitable non-profit… Read More »Year End Giving Really Matters This Year-We Need Your Support
Views: 2,842Biography Bio courtesy of the Save Ellis Island Foundation, Gladstone, New Jersey Ruth was an octogenarian who lived in historic Gladstone, New Jersey, just down the street from the Save Ellis Island office. In late 2003, Save Ellis Island’s Charter… Read More »Meet The Historians Series – Ruth Thomson Peapack Gladstone
Views: 6,522A few friends got together and started talking about the fine art of distilling and how much it’s changed (if at all). It seems that due to the efforts of a few Jersey residents, distilling spirits is back in… Read More »Moonshining Bootlegging Speakeasies in Somerset County, NJ
