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New Jersey is full of places where historical events have occurred. One of these places is Journal Square, which is located in Jersey City, NJ. Its history starts when the Lenni Lenape Indians first settled there, however, the time period of when the Lenape Indians first came is unknown. In the 1650s, General Peter Stuyvesant had everyone under his rule. Two years later, Stuyvesant engineered the purchase of most of present-day Hudson County from the Indians in return for some materials. On November

1876 was a year to remember in the American culture. During this year at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, we as Americans were introduced to many wonders that we still use or come in contact with today. For example the telephone or the type writer, though the make and uses of these devices have changed, if it were not for the exposition who knows what we as Americans would be utilizing today. But not all items introduced at the exposition continued to be beneficial to the everyday

Things continue to go downhill for the star of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” Teresa Giudice. She is about to lose her car, home, furniture and paycheck from the reality TV series. Radar Online reports that prosecutors have a signed contract, allowing them to take possession of Teresa and Joe’s personal property. The reality stars owe $400,000 in restitution and she has signed the documents so the government can take the money and put it toward the imposed judgment. . The documents allow Bravo to

Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra was widely known for his famous works. He was definitely one of the popular entertainers in the 20th century. Frank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the only child of Sicilian immigrants. When Sinatra was a teenager, he decided to become a singer after being hooked on Bing Crosby perform in the mid-1930.He began his career as a singer, singing at local nightclubs. Sinatra made his first recordings, “All or Nothing at All” with bandleader

A tour of the historical James Wadsworth Rossetter House at 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne shows an interesting sight of old and genuine architecture. The tour starts by going through the main house which was built in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne in 1859 by John Houston who intended for it to be a plantation. The main house is restored to how it was renovated by James Rossetter in 1904. The tour then goes into the building behind which was built to be a slave shack by Houston but that ended

Question One: Describe the community you lived in, or what your hometown was like? Did you notice any change after the war began? Anonymous: I didn’t really have a community, I was in a rural setting and there was no neighbors to play with, no kids around. The only time I saw the town of Waldoboro was when we went down to take my dad to work or grocery shopping. We never went anywhere. Hope: Not even Moody’s? Anonymous: Well we always thought it was pretty neat that they had take-out we never went

Welcome to Arch street Friends Meeting house where you will explore the many wonder wonders of a Quaker home. built between 1803 and 1804, Quakers would gather for weekly,monthly, and yearly meetings to worship and speak with each other. Originally part of a loan from the King,(loan was originally to Penn’s father but, his father died before the King could give the loan to him) he gave William Penn land who founded Pennsylvania with the land. William penn deeded land to the Quakers in 1693 on which

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”( Bio. A&E Television Networks 1) Walt Whitman's life was a representation of his famous quote. Whitman lived his life looking toward the future waiting for his radical ideas to become reality. Walt Whitman was arguably the best writer in United States history, and has written many famous pieces in the American Realism era. Whitman suffered through the Civil War, where brothers would often turn against brothers to fight

Because of New York city’s trade ties to the south, there were numerous southern sympathizers early in the American Civil War. They were very far away from any of the civil war battles but New York sent the most men and money in the battles. New York helped make the Industrial age and as a consequence

“Faith, hope, and love are some great things he gave us, and the greatest is love.” This is my favorite line in the song Where Were You by Alan Jackson. I find it these words similar to what America. America has given my generation faith hope and love. America has given my generation faith. Faith has given me trust in my country. It allows me to go to get up in the morning and not have to question my freedom. I have faith that my freedom and my life is in the hands of my country, and that my country