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New Jersey’s Preeminent Military Museum
By Linda Tancs
The history of New Jersey’s militia and National Guard begins with Dutch, Swedish and British colonization and continues with the War for Independence, the Civil War, two world wars and the present day. It’s chronicled at The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, which is located both at Sea Girt’s National Guard Training Center and at Lawrenceville Armory. The museum boasts one of the largest collections of New Jersey-related Civil War research material in the country, including copies of diaries, letters, newspaper clippings, memoirs, regimental histories and articles. Among its many prized artifacts is the Intelligent Whale in Sea Girt, a primitive post-Civil War submarine powered by six crewmen. Ideally four sailors would crank the propeller while the other crewmen labored to keep the submarine on course and off the bottom. At least one crew member was tasked with leaving the sub through the wooden door in the submarine’s hull floor and transporting and attaching a mine to the hull of an enemy vessel. Admission is free.
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