Articles from The Bridgewater/Raritan Newspaper
The Breeze by Bruce Doorly
brucedoorly@gmail.com (908) 581-1917 |
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The Brook Arts Center
Has Survived
Since 1927 |
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Silent Movies and
the Local Theatres
That Showed Them |
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The History of Ice
and the Iceman |
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The History of the
Somerset County
Courthouses |
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Remembering the
Raritan Valley Farms Dairy
and the Milkman |
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Bridgewater-Raritan
High School Athletic
Hall of Fame
4th Induction Dinner 2024 |
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Photos from
the 2024
Basilone Parade |
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The History
of the Telegraph |
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Father Joseph Zimmer
Served at
St. Bernard's Church
in Raritan 1876-1923 |
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Kaye Russell
Raritan's USO Entertainer
During World War II |
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June 6th, 2024 will be
the 80th Anniversary
of D-Day |
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The Grand Marshal of the
2024 Basilone Parade
is Vietnam Veteran
Ray Manzo |
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Somerville's
Seven Rostron
Brothers Served
in World War II |
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Bridgewater's
Van Horne House
and the
Battle of Bound Brook |
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The Manville
Rock N Roll Concerts
of the 1960s |
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Bridgewater and Raritan
Remember Beatlemania |
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History of Christmas
(and the local stores
we shopped at) |
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Wilson Military Academy
was located in Finderne
1907-1912
Before Burning Down |
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Article about
Old Postcards |
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Pictures of
Old Postcards |
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I Scream, You Scream,
the (Raritan) History
of Ice Cream |
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Recalling the Teen Hangout
of the 1950s
Maurer's in Somerville |
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History of the
Somerville Circle |
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Bridgewater / Raritan
From 1650 to Today |
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The Grand Marshal
of the 2023 Basilone Parade
is Archie Fagan |
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Jacob Kopf of
Bridgewater Gave his
Life for our Country
in World War II |
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Who Were the
Native Americans
that this Plaque in
Raritan is dedicated to? |
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The Dance at the
Van Veghten House
in Bridgewater
on March 19th 1779 |
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Bridgewater's
Van Veghten House |
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Raritan in the 1950s
When Baseball
was Everything |
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Photos from the
2022 Basilone Parade
Photos by Dawn Wilde |
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History of the
Raritan Train Station and
the Raritan Valley Line. |
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Conditions in the
German POW Camps
During World War II |
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Raritan's Prisoners of War
during World War II |
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The Grand Marshal
of the 2022 Basilone Parade
is Charles Wynn |
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Raritan Unveils
World War II
Honor Roll |
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Nurses Played a Vital Role
During World War II -
Three Raritan Nurses
Served Overseas |
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High School Athletic
Hall of Fame Inductee
Carl Weigner
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Recreating the list of
Raritan Men and Women
who served in
World War II |
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Somerville Actor
Lee Van Cleef was
The Best of the Bad |
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Bridgewater/Raritan
High School Holds its
First Athletic Hall of Fame
Induction Dinner |
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Raritan in 1868
The 1st Official Year |
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Raritan's Centennial
Celebration in 1968 |
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80 Page Book about Centennial |
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Photos from the
2021 Basilone Parade |
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Raritan's Gold Star Gallery
Alfred Zanoni
World War II Pilot |
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Grand Marshal of
2021 Basilone Parade
is Fred Plushanski |
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The Story of Thor Solberg
and the Solberg Airport |
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Dr. Seuss
Children's Author
and so much more |
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A Snapshot in Time
Raritan in 1891 |
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In 1937 President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
tried unsuccessfully to
pack the Supreme Court |
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July 2nd 2021 will Mark
the 100th Anniversary of
the Signing of the Resolution
to end the U.S. Involvement
in World War I |
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Alexander Hamilton
Founder of Raritan ? |
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Alexander Hamilton
His Stay at
The Wallace House
in Somerville 1778/79 |
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Basilone Motorcade
A Big Success
Story and Photos |
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The 75th Anniversary
of The End of
World War II |
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Raritan’s Italian Americans
lifted themselves up through
work, family, and each other |
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Raritan soldiers met relatives
for the first time in Italy
during World War II |
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The August 28th 1963
March on Washington
For Jobs and Freedom
And Martin Luther King's
I Have A Dream Speech |
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The Home Front in
Raritan During
World War II |
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The History
of Nursing |
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Over a Hundred Years Ago
Another Pandemic Raged
Throughout the World |
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This year marks the
100th Anniversary
of the passage of
the 19th Amendment
Granting Women
The Right to Vote |
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A. J. Troisi
Bridgewater/Raritan
High School's
First Athletic Director |
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A. J. Troisi and the 1929
Somerville High School
Football Team |
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The Bank Robbery
of 1939 |
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John Basilone
at Guadalcanal |
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YouTube Video of Basilone's
Foxhole at Guadalcanal Today |
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Tobacco Industrialist
James Duke
1856-1925 |
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Photos by Dawn Wilde
from the 2019
Basilone Parade |
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The Hall-Mills Murders and
the Trial of the Century
(up until that time)
at the Somerset
County Courthouse |
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Remembering
John Pacifico |
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Comin Soon:
Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Athletic Hall of Fame |
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Bob Vaucher is the
Grand Marshall of the
2019 Basilone Parade |
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Bridgewater Businesses
Played A Role
in the Apollo 11
Moon Landing |
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Vaughn Stapleton
A Great Coach and More |
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John Basilone's
boyhood days in Raritan |
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Remembering The Drive-In
Movie Theatre on
Route 22 in Branchburg |
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Job Kenyon
Raritan's Fire Chief
1858 - 1891 |
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Walter Jacobs
Raritan’s First Casualty
in World War II |
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Chimney Rock
The Origin, the Legend,
the Quarry, the Inn,
and the Rock Itself |
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Raritan in 1918
World War I and
the Influenza Epidemic |
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The History of
The Basilone Parade |
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Rocky Miele
Raritans's First Mayor |
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Scott Kelly
Most Popular Player on the
Somerset Patriots |
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The Grand Marshall for the
2018 Basilone Parade
is Andy Martin
In Vietnam he was awarded
The Silver Star for Bravery |
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Besides Independence
1948 Featured
Two Important
Events for Raritan |
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History of the
Raritan Churches |
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History of the
Raritan Schools |
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In 1948
70 Years Ago
Raritan Became an
Independent Town |
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Old Maps of Raritan
Show how the town has Evolved |
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DeLucia's Celebrates
its 100th Anniversary |
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Raritan Started as
a Manufacturing Town |
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The History of Bridgewater's
Roads and Train Line |
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Bridgewater's Role in the
Revolutionary War |
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The First
Local Newspaper
was Started in 1823 |
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Herb Patullo is
the Grand Marshall
of the 2017
Basilone Parade |
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Raritan's Joe Lomastro
was killed in World War II
While Serving on the USS Essex |
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The History of
The Raritan
Fire Department |
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A Raritan Kid
Gene Moretti
Turns 100 ! |
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Raritan on
Pearl Harbor Day
December 7th 1941
75 Years Ago |
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Somerville's
Paul Robeson was a
Singer, Actor,
Athlete, and Activist |
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History of the
Somerset Medical Center
Part 3 |
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History of the
Somerset Medical Center
Part 2 |
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History of the
Somerset Medical Center
Part 1 |
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Photos and Speeches
from the 2016
Basilone Parade |
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A Once Forgotten Hero,
Dennis Crane, who was killed
while serving in Vietnam,
has been added to
Raritan's Wall of Heroes |
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Old Newspapers
Show Snap Shot
of Raritan in 1937 |
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Special for Memorial Day
Slideshow of the Raritan Men
Who gave their life
Defending our Country |
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John Sturges will be
The Grand Marshall of
The 2016 Basilone Parade |
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Local Baseball Player
Johnny Welaj
Shared Day with Lou Gehrig |
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Raritan's St. Rocco
Celebration Started
in 1896 |
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Raritan to Digitize
Historical Photos and
Other Documents |
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See what Photos are now online |
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Now Online !
600 World War II letters
written to Tony Orlando |
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ARTICLE FROM 2011
Highlights of
World War II Letters
Written by Raritan Soldiers
Breeze - Mar 2011 |
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Tony Orlando Sent Packages
to the Troops
Breeze - Apr 2011 |
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Remembering
Raritan's Taverns
From the Golden Age
of the Local Tavern |
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Remembering Raritan's
Mom and Pop
Grocery Stores |
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The Story of
The Restoration of
The Frelinghuysen Mansion
1968-1974 |
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Warren Glaser and
The Raritan Valley News |
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Photos from the Dedication of
The Rose Pacifico Children's Room
at The Raritan Library |
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In 1974 B/R High School
EAST Football Team Won
the State Championship |
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Photos From
The 2015
Basilone Parade |
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Remembering
Raritan's
Movie Theatre |
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50th Reunion
for 1965
B/R High School
Basketball
State Champions |
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The Grand Marshall
of the Basilone Parade
is Tony Lettieri |
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Slavery in
Somerset County |
Click to see list of Slave Records
sorted by "Owner's Name" |
Click to see list of Slave Records
sorted by "Town" |
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Bridgewater-Raritan High School's
1st Girl's State Championship Team
1976 "EAST" Basketball |
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70th Anniversary
of The Death of
John Basilone |
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Raritan's Charles Dougherty
was killed while serving
on a submarine
during World War II |
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Ben Carnevale is Raritan's
Only Member of a Major
Sports Hall of Fame |
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Raritan Library Presents:
The Wedding Album of
John Basilone & Lena Riggi
Married July 1944 |
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Photos from
The Unveiling of
The Wall of Heroes |
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Remembering
The Thanksgiving Day
Football Games Between
Bridgewater/Raritan
East and West |
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Bridgewater's
James Vones
Had His Ship Sunk
off Guadalcanal
in World War II |
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Raritan to Unveil
Wall of Heroes
On Nov. 8th at The Municipal Building |
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See Sample of
The Wall of Heroes |
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Read about the men on
The Wall of Heroes |
Wall of Heroes Donated by Civic Duty Partners and Ed Danberry.
www.civicdutypartners.org |
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Now Online
The 1st School Newspaper
from Bridgewater-Raritan
High School
January 1960 |
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Introducing New Book about
Raritan in World War II
Raritan's Finest Hour |
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1989 was B/R
High School's only
State Champions
in Baseball |
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The Grand Marshall
for the 2014
John Basilone Parade
is Gene Moretti |
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Raritan Honors
Recreation Directors
Rich Bartolucci and
Bob Andreychak |
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The Early Years of
Bridgewater / Raritan
High School Sports |
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The Forgotten Decades of
Bridgewater-Raritan
High School Sports |
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State Champions
Remembering
The 1987 Bridgewater-Raritan
High School West
Basketball Team
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The Undefeated 1953
Somerville High School
Football Team
Raritan and Bridgewater
Teenagers attended Somerville in 53
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Photos From
The 2013
Basilone Parade
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Korean War Veteran
John Lamaestra is
The Grand Marshall
of The 2013 Basilone Parade
Breeze - October 2013 |
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Daughters of Raritan's Anthony Musz
Meet man their father made friends
with in Belgium during WW II
Breeze - September 2013 |
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Joseph Le Flem
of Vones Lane
was awarded
The Silver Star
during World War II
Breeze - July 2013 |
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Piecing Together
Bridgewater's
World War II History
Proves Difficult Task
Breeze - July 2013 |
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30,000 People Welcomed Home
John Basilone in 1943
Breeze - June 2013 |
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Raritan's Frank Russo was
awarded The Bronze Star twice.
Was in a photo with
Winston Churchill
Breeze - May 2013 |
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Raritan’s Bronze Star & Silver Star
recipients from World War II
Breeze - Apr 2013 |
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The World War II letters
of Al Gaburo
Breeze - Mar 2013 |
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Family of Raritan's Anthony Musz
Reconnects with Belgium Family
that Anthony met
During the War
Breeze - Feb 2013 |
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Bridgewater's Joe Wing
Flew 30 Bombing Missions
Over Japan
Breeze - Jan 2013 |
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Christmas in Raritan
during World War II
Breeze - Dec 2012 |
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Joe Mancini gave his life
while serving aboard the
USS Intrepid in WW II
Breeze - Nov 2012 |
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Mancini Brothers
7 Brothers Serve in WW2
Breeze - Oct 2012 |
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Profile of Grand Marshall
of 2012 Basilone Parade
Dominic Porcaro
Breeze - Sep 2012 |
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Bridgewater's
Andy Martin is awarded
Silver Star in Vietnam
Breeze - Jul/Aug 2012 |
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Bridgewater/Raritan H.S.
1st State Championship Team
The 1965 Boys Basketball Team
Breeze Jun 2012 |
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The Origin of
Raritan Little League
Breeze - May 2012 |
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World War II Profile
Frank Del Rocco
Breeze - Apr 2012 |
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The Del Rocco Brothers
5 Brothers from Raritan
Serve in World War II
Breeze - Mar 2012 |
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Raritan Police Chief
Lorenzo Rossi
Had his own Brand of Justice
Breeze - Feb 2012 |
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Forgotten Dynasty of
Bridgewater/Raritan
H. S. Football
Breeze - Jan 2012 |
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Pearl Harbor
70 Year Anniversary
Raritan Remembers
Breeze - Dec 2011 |
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Anthony Musz's
Scrapbook and Letters
Tell His Story
Breeze - Dec 2011 |
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Raritan's U.S. Senator
Joseph Frelinghuysen
Had a Remarkable Career
Breeze - Nov 2011 |
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Couple Risk Their Lives
to help U.S. Soldiers Evade
Capture from the Nazis
Breeze - Oct 2011 |
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September 11th 2001
10 Years Later
Sept 2011 |
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World War II profile
Grand Marshall of
2011 Basilone Parade
Joe Koavc
Breeze - Jul/Aug 2011 |
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Raritan's Singer
Catherine Mastice
Breeze - June 2011 |
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Raritan's Peter Petras
Killed in World War II
Breeze - May 2011 |
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(Short Version) Highlights of
World War II Letters
Written by Raritan Soldiers
Breeze - Mar 2011 |
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The Reverend from a
Raritan Church Who
Was Killed in the War
Rowland Koskamp
Breeze - Feb 2011 |
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Calco
Bridgewater's Forgotten
War Production Plant
Breeze - Jan 2011 |
