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October 3, 1980. Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that includes Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground on Sandy Hook in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24 ...
April 24, 1980. ( 1980-04-24) The Sandy Hook Proving Ground was a military facility along the Atlantic coast of New Jersey established by the Secretary of War on August 7, 1874, to serve as the United States Army 's first proving ground for the testing of ordnance and materiel. The facility was located at Sandy Hook, a narrow coastal spit of ...
Pershing Field is a city square and park in the Heights of Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States. Approximately 13.5 acres (5.5 ha) it is adjacent to Jersey City Reservoir No. 3 , with which it creates a large open recreational and nature area bounded by Summit Avenue , Central Avenue , and Manhattan Avenue.
Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in Atlantic Highlands New Jersey. The coastal artillery base defended the Atlantic coast and the entrance to New York Harbor, with its first gun batteries operational in 1896. The fort served from then until 1950 as part of the Harbor Defenses of New York and predecessor ...
June 19, 2024 at 5:10 AM. As Dan Ferrise was working on the Mule Barn Tavern, converting a long-abandoned Army building into Sandy Hook’s only year-round food and drink establishment, he noticed ...
Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [3] The barrier spit, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) in length and varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mile (0.16 to 1.61 km) wide, is located at the north end of the Jersey Shore.
Mercer, NJ and Bucks, PA. New Jersey location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River leading up to the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, includes Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania. 58. Walt Whitman House.
Gunnison Beach. Coordinates: 40°27′36″N 73°59′44″W. Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook. Gunnison Beach is a beach within the Sandy Hook unit of the Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District which is the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. It is located in Middletown ...