Towns

The Stolen Lillie Drawing of Pluckemin Artillery Park

WINTERA South West Perspective View of the Artillery Barracks, Pluckemin, N. Jersey 1779J. Lillie The wind that swept across the…

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Plenty of Local Ties to Jersey in the Ken Burns Rev War Series

These are a series of posts that provide local insight into Ken Burns' American Revolution series and its ties to…

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Retrospective: Liberty Corner – History in the Cemetery

The Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church was founded in 1837 to serve the growing rural community in the Liberty Corner section…

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Widow White – Mary Jarvis Whitaker Brown White

General Lee's Capture - December 13, 1776, outside Widow White's Tavern in Basking Ridge. NJ Museum This is a story…

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Basking Ridge Live Cam – Mr. Local History’s Beautiful Town Green

Yes, there is sound too. You can mute it if you like.IF you just see the link, the stream is…

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Vintage Toys Are the Best History Ever – Playing, Collecting, Remembering

New Jersey has been shaping America’s toy box for more than a century. It began in Cinnaminson with Samuel Leeds…

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Royal Governor Francis Bernard and the Stamp Act

These are a series of posts that provide local insight into Ken Burns' American Revolution series and ties to local…

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Colonial Christmas To Shine Again at Bedminster’s Vanderveer House

The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism,…

2 months ago

MLHP History Gift Shop

Jersey is all we do. We make each of these collectibles to promote New Jersey history, as our motto states:…

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Thanksgiving Meet – Horses, Hounds and Foxes Before Turkey – A Countryside Tradition

President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, the last Thursday of November that year, to be a “day of public…

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