Along the north end of the (newly
renovated) Hoboken waterfront (http://www.hobokenmuseum.org), near Weehawken is
a small exhibit covering the history of hoboken. Highlights include the fact that ...
·
Frank
Sinatra was born and raised there
·
the
first game of baseball was 'allegedly' played there in 1846 (despite other
claims about Cooperstown, NY
·
Maxwell
House coffee had a plant right on the water front until about 15 years ago
·
commercial
port activity
Also given the
latter, there was a demonstration of how to make nautical knots, and there is
much more to this than you might think.