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Today the station serves as a vistors center for Gateway National Seashore Park at Sandy Hook on the Jersey Shore.
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball weighing only 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States, launched as part of its participation in the International Geophysical Year. The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 and 2, beginning the Cold War Space Race between the two nations.
Explorer 1 was launched on January 31, 1958 atop the first Juno booster from LC-26 at the Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, returning data until its batteries were exhausted after nearly four months. It remained in orbit until 1970, and has been followed by more than 90 scientific spacecraft in the Explorer series.
Fort Sumter, named after South Carolina Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Sumter, was one of a series of east coast forts built by the United States after the War of 1812. Even though construction started in 1829, the fort was about ninety percent finished by the time Maj. Robert Anderson and his men moved in at Christmas 1860. The fort was constructed with four sides, 170 to 190 feet long that could hold three tiers of guns, and five-foot-thick brink walls. It was designed to house 135 guns and 650 men. Four months before confederate bombardment, the fort housed 15 mounted guns and 85 men. After defending the fort for 34 hours, Maj. Anderson and his men left for New York and the American flag that flew over the fort was replaced by the flag of the Palmetto Guard.
The earliest sections of this house were built by Samuel Grasset, a tanner and leather worker. Later owners of the building included a cord wainer (shoemaker) inn-keeper, stonemason, and coach trimmer, as well as a number of local businesses. The house was named after a tradition that a cache of revolutionary era gold coins was discovered during renovation c.1860.
The Albatros D.V was a fighter aircraft used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family, and the last Albatros fighter to see operational service. Despite its well-known shortcomings and general obsolescence, approximately 900 D.V and 1,612 D.Va aircraft were built before production halted in early 1918. The D.Va continued in operational service until the end of the war.
This aircraft was manufactured the aircraft in late 1917 and delivered it to Fighter Squadron 46 in the spring of 1918. Like many aircraft that participated in the German offensive of March 1918, it carries transitional markings, consisting of old-style eisernes Kreuz or iron cross insignia on the upper wing. It was capture at some time in April 1918,
Stations of the Cross, also called Way of the Cross, a series of 14 pictures or carvings portraying events in the Passion of Christ, from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his entombment. These images are mounted on the inside walls of a Cathedral or Cathedral
The Colonial Musketeers Senior Ancient Fife and Drum Corps of Hackettstown, NJ is a traditional ancient fife and drum corps. Their uniforms represent the Revolutionary War era, and they play standard traditional fife and drum music. This is the color guard.
This is a quite day in May in Manasquan, NJ. The beach in Manasquan is divided into the Recreation Beach , an area is set aside for volleyball, wiffleball and general games, the Inlet Beach is one of the finest surfing beaches on the east coast and many contests are held there throughout the summer, and the Softball Beach
Avalon is one of the most affluent communities along the Jersey Shore and is home to some of the most expensive real estate on the east coast
Bonnell and his wife had seven children between 1670 and 1685, presumably some of them raised in the existing farmhouse. The house, built sometime before 1682 (some think as earlier as 1670 with the birth of his first child) sat on the owner’s six-acre plot and he farmed an additional 16 acres west of Elizabeth. Bonnell served as a member of the General Assembly on New Jersey in 1692 and the last official reference to him is as a signer of the 1696 petition for relief against the oppression of the Lords Proprietor.
A pedestrian walkway connects Richmond Terrace and the terminal entry, while another walkway provides a scenic link to the nearby Staten Island Yankees ballpark.
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
In 1954 Morven became the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey and remained as such until 1981 when it wsa replaced by Drumthwacket.
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
The main attraction in Spring Lake is its two miles of gorgeous white, sandy beaches. Visitors to this lovely town can bask in the sun or stroll the longest non-commercial boardwalk in New Jersey. After a full day of ocean breezes, visitors have their pick of several of Monmouth County's best restaurants.
Richmond Town Diner TC Set on Center Street in Historic Richmond Town, was constructed courtesy of HBO’s popular crime-drama series, “Boardwalk Empire,” starring Steve Buscemi. Newly built on the historic village’s grounds is an authentic, 1920s-style working diner, was used for interior and exterior scenes, and a charmingly retro, tile-roofed Standard Oil Co. filling (gas) station.
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
Built in 1922 the Doughboy Monument is dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives defending our country during the First War.
The wisteria which hangs above the front porch is said to have been brought back from Japan as a gift from Commodore Matthew C. Perry after his famous 1854 expedition. Admiral Rogers died in 1892, and his house remains a private residence.
Entry to the beach is via walkways off of the boardwalk, in breaks in the dunes that are at the back of the beach. The beach access points are also convenient places for the town to station their badge checkers, which are present whenever the lifeguards are on duty.
Prominent businessman and military figure general Joseph Cutler built this house for colonisl pstriot Silas Condict. Cutler's son Congressman Augustus Culter lived here> Augustus introduced the bill that established the U.S. Depatment of Agriculture and he is considered as the father of the free public school system.
The interior tympanum celebrates God's Revelation through figures of Hebrew Scriptures, most of them encountered in the Bible as youths: Solomon, Joseph, Daniel, Judith with the head of Holofernes, Tobit, Samuel, and Samson. At the peak is the boy Jesus, flanked by images of David and Susanna.
These offices are located directly across the street from the Basicila Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
The Great Nor'Easter has intimidating maze of over 2,100 twisted feet of steel that will takes you high over Ocean Oasis water park, through a rollover, sidewinder, and double spin, at speeds of up to 50 MPH!
The Belcher Ogden Mansion originally housed the family of Elizabeth Associate John Ogden in the mid-18th century. In 1812 Ogden, who had served with distinction in the Revolutionary War, became NJ governor. He entertained the Marquis de Lafayette there in 1823, and enjoyed reliving their joint wartime exploits, especially the culminating victory over the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
The South Street Presbyterian Church was formed in 1840. In 1878, after a fire destroyed the initial building, the present structure was erected on the same site, following Josiah Cleveland Cady´s Romanesque Revival design. This church was used until the South Street congregation was reunited with the First Presbyterian congregation in 1926
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A freight train rumbles over the Industrial Flats beneath the crumbling Interstate 90 Interbelt bridge, right, and a newly opened span that carries traffic into downtown Cleveland, OH
For years this building was the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey. The name was changed to honor Justice William Brennan because he served as an assignment judge in Hudson County.
In this Chapel Mary is shown standing on a globe, with a serpent crushed under her feet. Rays emit from her hands. Incised into the altar frontal is the design on the reverse side of the medal: the letter M surrounded by a cross and below it the heart of Jesus encircled by a crown of thorns and the heart of Mary pierced by a sword.
The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.