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