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The Tuckerton Beacon ended its coverage of the triumphant flight of the American-built ZR-1 over New York City and Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 1923 with an understated “ZR-1 started for her home station by way of Moorestown. She reached Lakehurst at 4:00 o’clock and after several hours of trial flying finally was stowed away for the night. The big ship was plainly seen from towns all along the shore as far south as Tuckerton.”

There may have been more excitement locally when papers across the country carried an announcement from Washington,…