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Share Bedminster Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas

With America's 250th anniversary just around the corner, there's no better time to recognize great American history about what we've…

2 months ago

Dr. Robert Finley, Founder of a Classical Prep School and the American Colonization Society

Dr. Robert Finley's Work To Help Blacks, Defeat Slavery, and Colonize Liberia Original Post: October 19, 2000Updated: October 26, 2025…

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Thanksgiving Proclamations Way Before Lincoln Did It -Thanks Jersey Guys

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving in 1863 after a series of Union victories and a nationwide plea for unity, using…

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Gliders Soar at Historic Schley Field in Liberty Corner, New Jersey

In the mid-1930s, after the Schley Field opened for Glider Competitions, the glider game changed. However, there was a glider…

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Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds His Mark

John Seidel, Archeologist, Director/Professor, Washington College, Chesterfield, Maryland It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House…

3 months ago

Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle

Source: Arcadia Books Tucked below the Hills on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New…

3 months ago

Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall

👻 The 3rd Floor "Spirit of the Astor Estate" in Basking Ridge. A spirit has haunted owners and workers wandering…

3 months ago

The Hills Church & Cemetery & Pluckemin’s Pigtail Mountain

View from the west of Pigtail (right) and Schley Mountain (left), c.1910, part of the 2nd Watchung Mountain range in…

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Collectible: Warren’s Egg-O-Mat Coming to NJ Historic Wooden Village- Pre Orders Underway

Our artist rendering and research are complete. Now all that needs to happen is our ONE production run. 11/9/2025 Update:…

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Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See

The 2025 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool can…

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