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Mount
Holly was a Quaker settlement founded in 1676, and is now the county seat
of Burlington County. This image is of a replica of the original
sculpture of the Greek goddess of Youth, Hebe, that graced Mount Holly's
Fountain Square from from 1878 to 1920. Interestingly, the
Encyclopedia of New Jersey claims that the town's fire company, the Relief
Fire Company formed in 1752, is the oldest continuous one in the United
States; the TourBurlington.com website notes that Burlington's
Endeavor Fire Company, formed in 1795, is the oldest fire company in New
Jersey operating under the same name. Mount Holly saw action during
the Revolution, and was temporarily the state's capital in
1779.
For
images of Mount Holly, click on Mount Holly 1.
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