Newark marked its 335th birthday in the year 2001. Only two other major American cities, Boston and New York, claim such a long history.
Newark’s history is divided into four chapters. The first was its Puritan origins; the second, the rise of its industrial and commercial empire; the third, the 20th century and its roller-coaster ride into modern history, and the fourth, its recent reawakening now being referred to as Newark’s “Renaissance.”
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