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Think you know everything about NJ's role in the Revolutionary War? Check again
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWestfield native Jim Stempel knows more about New Jersey now than when he lived there. However, with...
Pastor in prison, church burned to the ground: See Revolutionary history in Matawan
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMATAWAN - A 260-year-old graveyard lies at the intersection of Routes 79 and 516. Amid the...
Christmas tradition returns to Washington Crossing Historic Park
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt has been 247 years since Gen. George Washington commanded thousands of troops on Christmas Day...
Today in History: January 3, Alaska becomes the 49th state
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSteve Jobs, Apple Inc. CEO, speaks under a photo of hime and co-founder Steve Wozniak (L) at a...
This day in history
The Newberry Observer, S.C. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 3—January 3: 1496 — References in Leonardo da Vinci notebooks suggested that he tested his flying machine. The test didn't succeed and he didn't try to fly again for several years. 1521 ...
Black soldier who crossed Delaware with Washington will be honored in New Jersey
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSince they were children, cousins Arianna Murray and Jane Fox Long had known the story of Oliver...
‘Glorious Lessons’ Review: John Trumbull’s Revolutionary Art
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoWith the notable exception of portraits, images dating from the American Revolutionary War are...
The American flag wasn't always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most...
It's time to head outside, New Jersey! These are the most visited state parks
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWith summer less than a month away — and sunny, warm weather luring New Jersey residents outside —...
Literary calendar for week of Oct. 30
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKate DiCamillo: Everybody on Deckawoo Drive is getting ready for the holiday in Kate DiCamillo’s “A Very Mercy Christmas,” latest in the two-time Newbery winner’s gentle chapter book series ...
