🏆Famous Firsts1940s
Did you know this about Stone Harbor?
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Did You Know?
Stone Harbor's Bird Sanctuary (1947) was America's first municipal bird sanctuary and remains one of the best places to see herons, egrets, and ibis on the East Coast.
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Atlantic City built the first boardwalk in America in 1870. It was invented to keep sand out of hotel lobbies.
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The Miss America Pageant began in Atlantic City in 1921 as a marketing gimmick to extend the summer tourist season past Labor Day.
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Cape May is the oldest seaside resort in America, welcoming visitors since 1761—15 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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