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Showing posts with label military base. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military base. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Bang, zoom, straight to the moon, Diana!

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If there was intelligent life on the moon, the first call it would have gotten was from New Jersey. Wall Township, specifically. More accu...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Refining Gloucester's Revolutionary history: Paulsboro's Fort Billings

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You wouldn't know it from its neighbors, but a small park tucked between two oil refineries on the banks of the Delaware River has a ver...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Saluting New Jersey's military heritage: the National Guard Militia Museum

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You know you're heading for a really hidden New Jersey gem when you have to stop at a guard shack to get in. I found myself doing just t...
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

So where did you say those warheads were?

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Sandy Hook's Cold War-era Nike radar base is one of the many fascinating parts of Fort Hancock, and I've taken a few of the biweekl...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Keeping New Jersey safe for democracy: Coastal Defenses Day at Fort Hancock

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Each May, generally the weekend before Memorial Day, Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock pulls out all the stops for its annual Coastal Defenses D...
Friday, April 15, 2011

The Voodoo they do so well at Sandy Hook

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Sandy Hook is rife with abandoned and decaying gun batteries and supporting structures. Look around closely enough, and you're bound to ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Egrets, I've had a few: visiting the osprey and more at Sandy Hook

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The history at Sandy Hook is a big draw for my repeated visits, but the real reason for my recent trip was to check in on the osprey. I'...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Spy vs. Spy at Sandy Hook

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Given the beautiful weather this past Saturday, it was a natural to head down to Sandy Hook for some wandering. It's one of my favorite ...