16 possible nicknames for New Jersey
16 possible nicknames for New Jersey How did New Jersey become the Garden State? According to USA Today; Wikipedia-Abraham_Browning In 1876, Abraham Browning of Camden, a prominent New Jersey politician, referred to his state as "the Garden State" during a speech at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition on New Jersey Day, August 24. He used the phrase as he railed against neighbor states for taking New Jersey resources. Browning compared New Jersey to an immense barrel filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and New Yorkers from the oth...
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