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The SS United States crossed the Atlantic in 3 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes on its maiden voyage in 1952. On November 11, the same ocean liner was deliberately sunk off Florida’s Panhandle to become an artificial reef. Today in #history: #OTD, November 12, 1996, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts was established. The park commemorates the heritage of the world's preeminent whaling port during the nineteenth century. The enabling legislation also established a formal affiliation with the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, to commemorate the more than 2,000 whaling voyages from New Bedford to the Western Arctic. Have you ever walked to the New Jersey Brigade campsite at Morristown National Historical Park? It is a short hike from the main parking lot at the Cross Estate. When the #NewJersey troops arrived at Jockey Hollow in mid-December 1779, there was no suitable camp site available. Instead, the troops moved a few miles south of Jockey Hollow, encamping on a hillside near Ayer's iron forge. The soldiers built their log cabins and moved into them by Christmas Day. They camped here from December 1779 until April, when they moved into huts at Jockey Hollow that had been vacated by the Maryland Brigade. Today, nothing remains of their stay except for the remains of fireplace hearths and trash pits. The area, accessible from the NJ Brigade Trail, is marked by a few interpretive markers. #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps102 #FindYourPark Here's a doll house from 1868 found at Historic Strawberry Mansion in Philadelphia, #Pennsylvania. It is called the McCall House. It is a copy of a three-story town home of that era. #SpreadTheHistory From the Revolutionary War through today, take a moment to thank our Veterans for what they have done for this country. The Registry Room, also known as the Great Hall, at #EllisIsland is part of Statue of Liberty National Monument. Today in #history: The Revolutionary War ended while General George Washington was staying at his final military headquarters, Rockingham, in Kingston, #NewJersey. He stayed at this house from August 23 to November 10, 1783. During his stay at the house, Washington entertained visitors such as James Madison, Elias Boudinot, General Nathaniel Greene, Robert Morris, Thomas Paine, and Annis Stockton, the widow of Declaration of Independence signer, Richard Stockton. #SpreadTheHistory #RevWar Today in #NJhistory: #OTD, November 10, 1766 Queen’s College in New Brunswick, #NewJersey was chartered. Today we know it as Rutgers University. Rutgers is the nation’s eighth oldest institution of higher learning - one of only nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution. It was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of trustee and Revolutionary War veteran Colonel Henry Rutgers. The oldest building on the campus is Old Queens, constructed of New Jersey brownstone between 1809 and 1823 (there were some financial difficulties getting it completed). It serves as an administration building today. #SpreadTheHistory

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