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Mr. Local History 2020 Fall Magazine Vol 2. Issue 3

Vol. 2 Issue 3 – Fall 2020 – COVER: In the quite town of Basking Ridge in Somerset County, New Jersey, the Mr. Local History Project uncovered a heartwarming story about one of the first black pilots in the states to volunteer with the now famed Tuskegee Airmen of Alabama. MLH also looks back to the Lyons VA Hospital, historic school images, and a man who’s park in Far Hills is named the J. Belcher Park. We close out with stories of lore and horror in the Somerset Hills as Halloween is just around the corner.

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