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