Name some good things historically about NJ.

[mipafox 438]

 

 

Just try to find TH anywhere else besides NJ.

 

I know people said they found it in other states, and I can get it here where I live, but I have family members that stock up on it when they come East

 

Because it is the best thing evar.

[gimmemym1 34]

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey.

[mipafox 438]

I think the NAZIs copied the NJSP uniforms for their SS uniforms. That's pretty noteworthy from a historical standpoint.

[Tosser 61]

South Jersey is the reason more soldiers didn't starve at Valley Forge.

 

More battles/skirmishes happened in NJ than any other state/colony during the American Revolution.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassboro_Summit_Conference

[AS350Driver 56]

Ok Harry i'm surprised you didn't mention this one, In December 1935, the first Airway Traffic Control Center opened at Newark, New Jersey.

[AverageJoe 95]

Camp Nobebosco , renamed Camp Crystal Lake for Friday the 13th.

[Old School 611]

Camp Nobebosco , renamed Camp Crystal Lake for Friday the 13th.

 

Joe have you ever been there? Is it still there? I went there when I was a kid.

[AverageJoe 95]

Joe have you ever been there? Is it still there? I went there when I was a kid.

Last I was there back in highschool, for school camping trips, late 80's early 90's. Was creepy just knowing what it was lol.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Ok Harry i'm surprised you didn't mention this one, In December 1935, the first Airway Traffic Control Center opened at Newark, New Jersey.

 

Oh yea, and the 1st Paved runway, I try not to think about work..

[siderman 1,140]

Joe have you ever been there? Is it still there? I went there when I was a kid.

 

me too loong time ago as a Boy Scout. Never did find that left-handed smoke blower.

[Genewarper111 18]

Snookie (as previously stated) and the consequent definition of a new colour: "Dorito"

 

G

 

( I know, not original, but still fun)

[panteramatt 27]

Zakk Wylde!!!

[Jonny Koomz 0]

Picatinny Arsenal

[PhilipJFry 4]

Home of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (look at a map), home of the Giants Superbowl champs, though both those things are attributed to NY. Food served at the famous Carnegie Deli is cooked in....gasp...New Jersey.

[Qel Hoth 33]

Home of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (look at a map)

 

 

Actually that's not true. The Statue of Liberty is in NY, as is the original island that Ellis Island sits on.

 

However, since the floor of the bay belonged to NJ, any of the reclaimed land around Ellis belongs to NJ. So, the main hall belongs to NY, but the hospital and much of the grounds belong to NJ.

[Sandy 44]

Jimmy Hoffa's final resting place !!! We think...

[Sandy 44]

Now it your husband posted this I had a comment..

 

lol !

[PhilipJFry 4]

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Actually that's not true. The Statue of Liberty is in NY, as is the original island that Ellis Island sits on.

 

However, since the floor of the bay belonged to NJ, any of the reclaimed land around Ellis belongs to NJ. So, the main hall belongs to NY, but the hospital and much of the grounds belong to NJ.

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=map+of+New+jersey+new+york+borders&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=7794l15231l1l15682l29l7l3l0l0l3l2264l6526l3-1.1.8-2.1l9l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1210&bih=652&wrapid=tlif132867153273410&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

 

looks like NJ water to me!

[Qel Hoth 33]

Is the Statue in New York or New Jersey? The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island' date=' federal property administered by the National Park Service, located within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York. A pact between New York and New Jersey, ratified by Congress in 1834, declared this issue.

 

http://www.nps.gov/stli/faqs.htm

 

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The island' date=' largely artificially created through landfill, is situated on the New Jersey side of Upper New York Bay. The natural portion of the island, part of New York City, is surrounded by rest of the island in Jersey City

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_island#State_sovereignty_dispute

 

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[Midwest 28]

Did anyone mention that Passaic is the birthplace of TV ?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaic,_New_Jersey

 

 

"Passaic has been called "The Birthplace of Television".[15] In 1931, experimental television station W2XCD began transmitting from DeForest Radio Corp. in Passaic. It has been called the first television station to transmit to the home, and was the first such station to broadcast a feature film. Allen B. DuMont, formerly DeForest's chief engineer, opened pioneering TV manufacturer DuMont Laboratories in Passaic in 1937, and started the DuMont Television Network, the world's first commercial television network, in 1946. The Okonite company began manufacturing electrical cable here in 1888, with early uses of the company's insulated wires including some of the earliest telegraph cables and the wiring for Thomas Edison's Pearl Street Station in Lower Manhattan."

 

Lot of famous people from Passaic too....including

 

Joe Piscopo

 

The Shirelles

 

Larry Storch

 

Loretta Swit

[Silent Service 7]

Yes sir...I have some...Cranberries and Blueberries

 

 

I grabbed this somewhere off the net. I think Lee was from New Egypt.

 

In New Jersey, the first cranberry cultivation began in 1840. John Webb established the first cranberry bog and sold his barrels for $50 each, which was a lot of money then. He sold them to ship merchants who sold them to sailors because cranberries would keep them from getting sick while at sea.

Elizabeth Lee was one of the only cranberry growers in southern New Jersey. She usually threw out any damaged berries she harvested. One day she decided to cook the berries, and she created a tasty sauce. Elizabeth started selling it as “Bog Sweet Cranberry Sauce.” In the beginning people didn’t want to buy it, but she continued making the sauce. Elizabeth merged her company with another one and formed Ocean Spray, which is still around today.

[blksheep 466]

Ocean Spray and Campbells Soup....How do you beat NJ?

[benboga37 2]

USS Holland, submarine #1 built in Perth Amboy

[constantfix 0]

V8 tomato juice

 

It's bottled in Camden

 

+4 for TH

 

Tailor ham up north/central, pork roll everywhere else. Not to split hairs but there is a big difference between the TH in the red box pre sliced and the block one in the cheese cloth wrap, IMO.

[Ray Ray 3,566]

Me

[dtown223 12]

V8 tomato juice

 

It's bottled in Camden

 

+4 for TH

 

Tailor ham up north/central, pork roll everywhere else. Not to split hairs but there is a big difference between the TH in the red box pre sliced and the block one in the cheese cloth wrap, IMO.

There is quite a difference indeed

I worked at a restaurant (ok, bar) and we would get different "Taylor ham" from delivery to delivery

sometimes it was stamped Taylor ham, sometimes pork roll, and every once in a while..goodie roll.

it all tasted awesome, my boss explained it as "different ratios of boot leather"

[BarkNBite 15]

The most decorated Marine in our nation's history...

 

John Basalone

Raritan, NJ

 

Purple Heart, Congressional Medal Of Honor and the Navy Cross...

[HarryLee 0]

I dined at an old tavern where Geoge Washington once or twice hung out. The entrance has a low wall round stone fireplace on the floor. Imagine George putting a boot up on it.

[BarkNBite 15]

Saw the bed that Hugh Mercer died in at the Battle Of Princeton..........

[Old School 611]

The most decorated Marine in our nation's history...

 

John Basalone

Raritan, NJ

 

Purple Heart, Congressional Medal Of Honor and the Navy Cross...

 

Interesting read: http://en.wikipedia....i/John_Basilone

 

And his parents were from Naples!