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History
How was Washington's Birthday celebrated during the American Revolution?
Wherever social order is tied to inherited rank, a newborn heir or heiress embodies the hope of dynastic continuity and constitutional stability. Therefore, wherever monarchy and nobility...
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History
The Story of Our Valley, Chapter Four – A Ton of Bricks (Part VII, 1912-1935)
By Kevin Wright©2013 Would generational change bring innovation to an ancient industry? Brickmaker Isaiah M. Gardner died at his home on Hudson Street, Hackensack, on April 9, 1912, ...
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History
A Lamb in Winter: A History of Brigid’s Day and Candlemas
By Kevin Wright ©2013 By early February, midway between winter solstice and spring equinox, peoples of the northern hemisphere watch eagerly for the first harbingers of spring. ...
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History
The Story of Our Valley, Chapter Four – A Ton of Bricks (Part VI, 1909-1911)
By Kevin Wright©2011 Firms producing brick along the Hackensack River for the New York market at the start of 1909 comprised: Charles E. Walsh, of Hackensack, with a single machine; ...
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History
Hurricane Sandy Strikes Home and Heart
In the end, tide and time worked against us. Four feet of water from Hurricane Sandy's storm surge flooded three rooms full of Bergen County's history, stored in a Hudson County wa...