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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W20_peter-stuyvesant-historical_Jersey-City-NJ.html
In 1660, as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, Stuyvesant was instrumental in the establishment of the Village of Bergen, which was near this site. The Scottish-American sculptor J. Massey Rhind was commissioned to cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM177V_newkirk-house_Jersey-City-NJ.html
Jersey City's oldest building, the Newkirk House was erected circa 1690 a few blocks northeast of the nearby Dutch settlement of Bergen Square (1660). Occupied for two centuries by the Newkirk family, the sandstone structure was sold by descend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM177U_jane-tuers_Jersey-City-NJ.html
This marks the siteof the home ofJane Tuersa heroine of theAmerican Revolution Presented byJane Tuers CocietyC.A.R.1925
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYRX_blakeslee-route_Jersey-City-NJ.html
In honor ofGeorge E. BlakesleePioneer ofthe modern highway [ Rear Marker : ]Blakeslee rededicatedSeptember 2005byThe Friends of the Marion SectionPatrick J. O'MeliaHassan Abubakr · Tessie Brady · Sam C. Difeo · Mary Donnell…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSM_rt-rev-msgr-roger-a-mcginley_Jersey-City-NJ.html
In grateful memory ofRight Reverend Monsignor Roger A. McGinleyPriest and Patriot who by teaching and example raised the level of citizenship in our city, and by founding Saint Aedan's Parish in 1912, serving as its pastor for twenty-four years…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3LQ_old-bergen-church_Jersey-City-NJ.html
The Old Bergen Church, a Dutch Reformed Church, is a classic blending of Greek Revival details and form, with New Jersey Dutch influences. Originally founded in 1662 at Bergen Avenue and Vroom Street, the church has undergone two rebuildings on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KU_u-s-s-maine-memorial_Jersey-City-NJ.html
In MemoriamU.S.S. MaineDestroyed in Havana HarborFebruary 15, 1898 This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine Presented to the People ofJersey City, N.J.ByGeneral Joseph WheelerPost No. 4 A.V.F.S.September 20, 1913Rededic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KT_jack-roosevelt-robinson_Jersey-City-NJ.html
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Jack Roosevelt Robinson1919-1972 Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, played in his first minor league…
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