New Jersey Day today in celebration of the 345th anniversary of New Jersey's founding as a British proprietary colony. This was the date in 1664 that the name New Jersey first appeared as a designation for the territory - A birthday cake, tours of the State Museum, and recognition of the students as winners for the largest number of participants in the National Student Mock Election this past Fall. Governor Jon S Corzine was there, as was Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells and commissioner of Education Lucille Davy. ( I had a tap on my arm from the Governor as he walked by!) We all sang ' Happy Birthday' - there was red, white and blue cake and cupcakes - and I visited the Gift Shop (very nice) The New Jersey State Museum at 205 WEst State Street is a great building - on display was an original copy of the Declaration of Independence - http://www.newjerseystatemuseum.org - Plan a visit -
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