New Jersey is one of the few states to have hybrid flags with all of its neighbors. These flag were created by the port authorities of each neighbor. The most famous is the New York-New Jersey Port Authority flag, since it deals with the most volume of traffic by people, air, and water. Secondly, New Jersey shares its longest border with Pennsylvania, but the two states never touch soil to soil, yet many bridges link the two states. This flag is known as the the Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania & New Jersey. Finally, Delaware loves to hook up with New Jersey and has its own flag as well as the Delaware River & Bay Authority.
Who knew? As the saying goes, the "We Love NJ" would be Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware. They can't help but love the Jersey shore. Washington loved New Jersey as well, for it was in this state that the US Army under General Washington held their ground and went toe to toe with the Empire, undercutting the theory that the rebels were a rag-tag group of boonniny knickers. New Jersey also gave the US a Christmas present on 1776, when Washington got an appetizer of victory yet to come, when he crossed the Delaware River.
Y'all gotta give it up for Jersey. Just think...the negative stereotype of New Jersey matches to how people of the world see the USA...a scrappy upstart rude rabble? Yeah...Jersey Jerkos are a real minority, but they are many more Jersey Superheroes hiding in the bushes and kind folk everywhere planted across the Garden State. If you ever enjoyed a Monopoly game or played a version of your home state college or whatever...your spirit is now tied to New Jersey. Never forget, New Jersey twice crowned General Washington with victory and triumph, first at Trenton 1776, then at Monmouth 1778.
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