Jersey Shore 400 – part one
This summer New Jersey is in the midst of celebrating NJ 350, which is a bit strange and a little insulting. The year it marks, 1664, is when the British took the territory of New Jersey away from its original European settlers, the Dutch. It seems to ignore many early explorers of the Jersey Shore who have left their mark on local maps and street signs.
News of Christopher Columbus’ voyage of discovery in 1492 and Spain’s subsequent conquest of native people and the plunder of their wealth…
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