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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of east-central New Jersey east-southeast of Trenton. The dirigible Hindenburg was destroyed by fire at the naval air station here (May 6, 1937).
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We at the B.H.A. look forward to working with NLHS members in the future to bring a more complete knowledge of our residents as they operated portions of the lighter-than-air program in Lakehurst.
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From archival photo caption: The Jersey Central's Barnegat Branch left the Southern Division at Lakehurst and extended 22.1 miles to its namesake community.
Repaving, Widening of Beachwood Rail Trail Walk/Bike Path Underway « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2010
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NAVAIR Lakehurst has established a Joint Installation Partnership with Dix and McGuire so that resources and facilities can be effectively shared, according to the Web site.
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From archival photo caption: The Jersey Central's Barnegat Branch left the Southern Division at Lakehurst and extended 22.1 miles to its namesake community.
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LAKEHURST – Hangar No. 1 at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst has been around for a pretty long time, more than 85 years.
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Cary Langhorne Washburn was born in Livermore Falls, Maine, and grew up in Lakehurst, N.J. He was a University of Virginia graduate.
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On this date, the Hindenburg, a hydrogen-filled German zeppelin (or blimp) caught fire and crashed while trying to dock in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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Maras, of Lakehurst, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, said he doubted Opacity would have seen combat after March 1975.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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There is a picture by an unknown photographer of the "Burning of the Von Hindenburg, 1937," the fiery disaster at Lakehurst, N.J., that ended public interest in passenger-carrying rigid airships.
Cartographers of Worlds Big and Small William Meyers 2011
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They used to have an embassy in the town of Lakehurst.
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