Here's To New Jersey

Here's to New Jersey-the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken. In 1935, the G. Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey became the first brewer to market beer in steel cans. In that year, only about 25 percent of beer was packaged in bottles and cans -- the rest was kegged. Today, however, about 90 percent of America's beer production is consumed from bottles and cans..

New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in 1940 and New Jersey is where the first phonographic records were made.

George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington.

We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, N.J. and also where the first airmail (to Chicago) was started.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains.
New Jersey had the first Medical Center Jersey City.

I could go on and on.