| Elizabeth was the first English speaking community in New Jersey. |
| The first Capital of New Jersey. |
| The first home of Princeton University. |
| The home of New Jersey’s first Governor, Phillip Carteret. |
| The home of the first Colonial Assembly and Council meeting. |
| The home of the first Governor of the State after the Declaration of Independence, William Livingston. |
| It was here, at the foot of Elizabeth Avenue, that the first British ship was sunk by Americans after the Declaration of Independence. |
| It was the home of the first President of Congress after the Peace Treaty with the English, Elias Boudinot. |
| Elizabeth, among so many celebrities of Elizabethan birth, produced the first Mayor of Jewish faith of any major community in the United States, David Naar. |
| Elizabeth has given us Mickey Walker and Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey. It has given us the developer of "Tom Swift" and the "Bobsey Twins" and it has given us "Mickey" Spillane. |
| It has given us Statesmen, United States Senators, Governors, Political Leaders, Church Dignitaries, Inventors, Scientists, Actors, Musicians, Composers, and hundreds of other renown professionals. |
| It has given us James P. Mitchell, the Secretary of Labor under President Eisenhower, after whom our Board of Education Administrative Building is named. |
Elizabeth has given us
• the first ice cream soda...
• the Singer sewing machine...
• the first submarine...and
• the first assembly line automobile producer in the state. |
