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December 22, 2013 •
Dinerland, Food, Newsy Jersey, Third State •
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Preservation New Jersey recently alerted their Facebook fans about the former Giordano Diner located at 2944 Brunswick Pike (aka...
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December 18, 2013 •
Third State •
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Thanks to New Jersey’s Junior Senator Cory Booker for reminding us that today is New Jersey Statehood Day! 226 years ago today,...
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December 9, 2013 •
Third State •
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The Lambertville Historical Society is located on Bridge Street right in downtown Lambertville. Their building also happens to...
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September 6, 2013 •
Third State •
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If you’re interesting in military history or aviation history (or both!) you should visit the Millville Army Air Field Museum...
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September 1, 2013 •
Events, Third State •
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When Verona Cured Tuberculosis (via MyVeronaNJ.com) Now, a respiratory illness is no big deal for most of us. A trip to the...
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July 12, 2013 •
Events, Third State •
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Yesterday was the 209th Anniversary of the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton on the bluffs of Weehawken. To...
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July 10, 2013 •
Events, Third State •
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The Second Annual CelebrateHAMILTON Program runs from July 11th through the 14th. The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society is...
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July 3, 2013 •
Third State •
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The State Fruit is the blueberry! This will not come as a big surprise if you’ve lived in New Jersey for any amount of...
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May 24, 2013 •
Newsy Jersey, Third State •
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Preservation New Jersey is was founded in 1978 as the only statewide private membership-supported historic preservation...
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February 23, 2013 •
Entertainment, Newsy Jersey, Third State •
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The famous photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was taken on February 23, 1945 – 68 years ago today. As a tribute for its...
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February 13, 2013 •
Third State •
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The honey bee became the state bug when the Legislature enacted the bill, A-671, and Gov. Brendan T. Byrne signed it on June 20,...
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August 3, 2012 •
Third State •
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We had the pleasure of meeting up with the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society recently at the Great Falls in Paterson. Our...
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July 11, 2012 •
Third State •
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Being a pro-NJ website, I suppose we should be partial to Aaron Burr since he was from New Jersey and since he was the winner of...
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June 10, 2012 •
Third State, Videos •
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Welcome to the first video in our new series, Great Moments in NJ History (as told by cats). This has been in production for WAY...
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June 6, 2012 •
Camden, Third State •
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Try saying that name three times fast! Meet our State Dinosaur—Hadrosaurus foulkii. It wasn’t just a random choice when New...
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March 28, 2012 •
Third State •
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We happened upon this little tidbit of information from our friend, Sal, who lives in the Stockton area. In case you haven’t...
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March 6, 2012 •
Food, Third State •
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Kraft Foods’ Oreo cookies turn 100 years old today. Oreo cookies aren’t manufactured here but they do have a close New Jersey...
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March 5, 2012 •
Third State •
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The New Jersey state flower is the Common Meadow Violet. Viola sororia is a stemless herbaceous perennial plant that is native to...
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January 6, 2012 •
Third State •
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On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey...
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December 28, 2011 •
Third State •
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The official New Jersey state tree is the red oak, Quercus borealis maxima. The red oak was authorized by a joint resolution...
