I\'m still trying to figure out how New Jersey ended up as part of these United States.
The Breakfast said once all you New Jersians stop your whining, they will come back and play but until then they will sit back and watch.
Well, NJ was inhabited by Native Americans and became part of New Netherland when the Dutch settled. The brits stole the land and renamed it the Province of New Jersey. NJ joined as one of the 13 original colonies to break away from the brits. During the revolutionary war, several decisive battles were fought on our land: Crossing of the Delaware, Battle of Trenton, 2nd Battle of Trenton, Surprise Attack @ Princeton, Battle of Monmouth. During this time Princeton, NJ was the nation\'s capital for 4 months; the Treaty of Paris (that ended the war) was signed in Princeton. NJ was the 3rd state to ratify the consitution and the 1st to ratify the bill of rights. I hope that straightens things out a bit.
Well, while we\'re waiting patiently for The Breakfast to come back to NJ, we can visit some of these local historic site: The Indian King Tavern, Edison National Historic Site, Ellis Island National Monument (and yes, the Statue of Liberty is in NJ waters), Emilio Carranza Crash Site and Monument, Grover Cleveland\'s Birthplace, Long Pond Ironworks State Park, Ringwood Manor, Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Morristown National Historic Park, Ford Mansion, Fort Nonsense, Jockey Hollow, New Bridge Landing, Old Dutch Parsonage, Princeton Battlefield, St. Michael\'s Church and Churchyard, the USS New Jersey, Wallace House, Walt Whitman\'s Tomb and House, Washington Crossing State Park, Pomonah Hall, The Liberty Science Center, The Montclair Art Museum, The Newark Museum or any of the Jersey Shore beaches....
