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HISTORIC LONG BRANCH ENJOYS RENAISSANCE
From: New Jersey Business
Date: 20030801
Author:Prior, JAmes T
The City of Long Branch, which next year will celebrate its 100th anniversary of incorporating, has had a rich history as New Jersey's oceanfront recreational destination favored by seven presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley and Woodrow Wilson. It was also the summer retreat of such notables as Lillian Russell, Diamond Jim Brady, Lily Langtry, Bret Harte, Winslow Homer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Annie Oakley and William Cody. It was the favorite of the Astors and the Biddles. From the Civil War to ...
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