Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Hackensack is the county seat for Bergen County
Lyndhurst is in Bergen County
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On Valley Brook Avenue at Pine Street, on the right when traveling west on Valley Brook Avenue.
World War II These gave all Abate, George • Ackerson, Joseph R. • Ahrens, Howard J. • Alex, Victor J. • Alonzo, John J. • Astrella, Michael • Astrella, Philip J. • Beck, Frederick Jr. • Benedyktowicz, Vincent • Biedermann, Henry J. • . . . — — Map (db m54140) WM
On Valley Brook Avenue at Pine Street, on the right when traveling west on Valley Brook Avenue.
Frank Jiosi, Sr., USMC • Robert Sammarone, USMC • Robert Bozik, USMC • Scott Devlin, • Michael Brown, USA • Michael Tooey, USN • Carmine Giangeruso, USAF • Doug Dowson, USMC • John Thompson, USA • Christopher Heller, USNR • . . . — — Map (db m54144) WM
On Riverside Avenue at Fern Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Riverside Avenue.
On this site was born the first known public school system of Bergen County deeded to the school trustees of what was then called New Barbadoes Neck.
This property given for the sole purpose of erecting a school was to yield and pay the . . . — — Map (db m42432) HM
On Riverside Ave at Fern Ave, on the right when traveling north on Riverside Ave.
The first schoolhouse was built on this site in 1804. Located in what then was called New Barbadoes Neck, the land was donated by Jacob Van Winkle “for the sole purpose of erecting a School House”. In 1849 it was replaced by a two-story building. . . . — — Map (db m6733) HM
In 1915 Tessie McNamara was the first woman hired by the Canadian Car Foundry Co. Ltd., a munitions plant in Kingsland, which is now Lyndhurst, New Jersey. She was hired as a stenographer and telephone switchboard operator, but the company grew so . . . — — Map (db m33556) HM