Empty Sky: New Jersey

Historical marker location:

Jersey City, New Jersey

( Marker is on Audrey Zapp Drive, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2011

September 11th Memorial.

The Miss America Pageant, one of the most famous beauty pageants in the world, was first held in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1921. The pageant has been held in Atlantic City almost every year since then, except for a few years during World War II.