First there were restrictions: where they could live, where they could go to school, what jobs they could hold. But after Tsar Alexander II was assassinated by anarchists in 1881, life in Russia grew ...

So if there were to be a day that symbolized New Jersey’s place in the nation, it might be June 24, the day state officials had previously designated New Jersey Day. Or Dec. 18. Or even July 2, the ...

New Jersey's original people -- The founding of a colony -- A little bit of Jersey -- A growing colony -- Daily life in the Jerseys -- The cockpit of the revolution -- Becoming a state ...

There’s something to celebrate on the 4th of July in each of New Jersey’s 564 municipalities, but only one has its very own Liberty Bell to let freedom ring. As they do every year, Perth Amboy ...