What makes new jersey unique

Salt water taffy's origins can be traced back to Atlantic City in The tallest water tower in the world, the Union Watersphere, is located in Union. The street names in the Monopoly board game are named after actual streets in Atlantic City.

The phonograph, light bulb, and motion picture projector were all invented in Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratory. The longest boardwalk in the world is located in Atlantic City. The first professional baseball game was played in Hoboken in The light bulb, phonograph record player , motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory.

Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world. New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries. The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey. New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world. The first tin-foil phonograph developed by Thomas Edison was crude, but it proved his point— that sound could be recorded and played back.

New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse prevention workshops to every public school. The first baseball game was played in Hoboken. The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, in Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won. The first Drive-In Movie theatre was opened in Camden.

New Jersey has toxic waste dumps. Which is the most in any one state in the nation. Liberty caps became popular again during the Revolutionary War. The woman on the right is the Roman goddess of grain, Ceres. She holds an ice-cream-cone-shaped basket, called a cornucopia, filled with the many fruits and vegetables produced in New Jersey. The state's motto "Liberty and Prosperity" is written on the scroll.

The New Jersey State Flag was adopted in Its official color is buff, which is a yellowish-tan color. The colors of the state flag, buff and dark blue Jersey blue , were the colors George Washington chose for the flag of New Jersey's army regiments during the Revolutionary War.

The state seal is featured on the flag. Violets can be found in New Jersey fields, lawns, and meadows -- anywhere that they can find warm spring sunshine. The eastern goldfinch has bright yellow feathers and a black head and wings. Eastern goldfinches love to eat sunflower seeds. The red oak is a hardwood tree that has pointy-lobed leaves with prickly tips. In autumn its leaves turn a beautiful, bright red.

It produces many acorns. The honeybee makes honey for sweetening our meals and beeswax to smooth things out. Honeybees also pollinate our flowers, including our state flower, the violet. The honey bee became the state bug when the Legislature enacted the bill, A, and Gov.

Brendan T. Byrne signed it on June 20, They were encouraged by a group of children from the Sunnybrae School in Hamilton Township. The children went to the State House with a presentation that included a song and a poem. The horse is included on the state seal. Horses were very important to farming. Today, people continue to raise horses in New Jersey. Racehorses are also very popular in New Jersey.