📜Historical Events1870s
Did you know this about Ocean City?
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Did You Know?
Ocean City's boardwalk has never allowed the sale of alcohol or tobacco, maintaining the town's founding Methodist values since 1879.
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More Historical Events
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During WWII, the U.S. Army used Island Beach as a rocket testing facility, firing experimental anti-aircraft missiles over the Atlantic Ocean from 1942-1945.
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Lieutenant George Meade designed the Barnegat Lighthouse in 1857. Six years later, he would lead Union forces to victory at Gettysburg.
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Island Beach became a state park in 1959 after New Jersey purchased the land from the Phipps estate for $2.75 million—a bargain for 10 miles of pristine barrier island.
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