Downtown Denville, NJ

Rotary sponsored war memorial on Broadway in downtown Denville, NJ

M60 Tank at Montville War Memorial, Montville, NJ

M-60 Tank at the Montville War Memorial

War Memorials are relatively common throughout NJ of course, as anywhere in the United States, and while tanks aren't completely uncommon, their presence usually will draw my camera because they're heavy enough to make them inconvenient enough that most war memorials opt for much lighter and less cumbersome displays. Montville however didn't disappoint and offers the M-60 main battle tank as the centerpiece of its war memorial honoring our nation's veterans generally, and Montville's specifically.

Federal Square, Pompton Lakes, NJ

View of Federal Square

Sign showing the location was the site of a headquarters for Washington during Revolution

A memorial to the Spanish American War, fairly rare in and of itself, this particular memorial has an actual piece of the USS Maine

Welcome to Pompton Lakes sign

Pompton Lakes Liberty Bell

Closeup of Liberty Bell showing where it was forged

USS Maine relic in Pompton Lakes

Piece of the USS Maine in New Jersey

At the confluence of Wanaque Avenue and the Hamburg Turnpike in Pompton Lakes, NJ lies the inaptly named Federal Square, inapt named because in reality it more closely resembled a triangle. Nevertheless this location is a memorial site constructed by Pompton Lakes precisely because of its provenance as a former headquarters for General Washington during the Revolutionary War. The site contains a cannon, Pompton Lakes' version of the Liberty Bell (uncracked) and a very unique memorial to the Spanish American War containing a relic to the USS Maine. To have an actual piece of the USS Maine is actually historically quite interesting.