Matching Pairs Hey Locals - Know Your Bernards Township History?Online version Take the Quiz and test your history knowledge :) by Mr Local History 1 Bernards Township has an official flag. There are two oak leaves on the flag. What does each leaf represent? 2 What was Lord Stirling's real name? 3 What is the Ridge "Red Devils" and mascot tied to? 4 When do professionals say the great oak tree was born? 5 Who from Basking Ridge was the US Secretary of the Navy? 6 Who was Finley Avenue named after? 7 Who is Bernards Township named after? 8 Where does the name Lyons come from? 9 What was Liberty Corner's name before Liberty Corner? 10 Who is the person recognized as THE father of "the Hills" who brought the famous to the area in the mid 1800s? 11 What was Lord Stirling's profession? 12 What General was captured in 1776 during the Revolutionary War at Widow White's Tavern across from St. James church? 13 Who was the Basking Ridge man was almost on the ticket as Abraham Lincoln's Vice President? 14 When did Bernards Township celebrate it's bicentennial? 15 When did Bernardsville separate from Bernards Township? A farm 100 years William Dayton Charles Lee 1960 William Alexander 1398 1924 Annin's Corner Royal Governor of New Jersey Continental Army General Tool Company Bishop Edmund Janes Samuel L. Southard Reverend
