The  

history  

of  

the  

Garden  

State  

is  

filled  

with  

well-known

events   

and   

forgotten   

happenings.   

German   

Americans

open   

the   

nation’s   

first   

kindergarten   

in   

Hoboken   

on

February  

11,  

1861.  

Prohibition  

brought  

more  

than  

two

hundred  

bootleggers  

together  

in  

Sea  

Bright  

on  

August

24, 1924, to discuss a fixed price on their product.

As  

America  

fought  

World  

War  

I  

and  

desperately  

needed

ammunition,  

the  

T.A.  

Gillespie  

Shell  

plant  

exploded  

in

Sayreville  

on  

Oct  

4,  

1918,  

killing  

at  

least  

one  

hundred

people.

From     

military     

feats     

and     

shady     

politics     

to     

the

extraordinary  

episodes  

in  

the  

lives  

of  

everyday  

people

explore   

an   

entire   

year   

of   

events   

from   

New   

Jersey’s

history.   

Local   

historians   

Joseph   

Bilby,   

James   

Madden

and  

Harry  

Ziegler  

chronicle  

the  

state’s  

most  

intriguing

and   

monument   

moments   

-   

one   

for   

each   

date   

on   

the

calendar.