The Mail Box - Daring & UnAfraid

The significance of the mailbox is that back in the day, we didn’t have cellphones to stay in touch with our friends. We only had house phones that we weren’t allowed to use.

So we had to either make arrangements beforehand in school to get together or walk to the corner and sit on the mailbox and wait for a friend to stop or drive by.

By the time I got around to take this recent picture of the corner, the USPS had removed the box, so I had to make one out of cardboard so that I can get an accurate picture of the corner.

The mailbox is the official mascot of Daring & UnAfraid.The Corner is located at the crossroads of Seely, Raritan, and Bayview Avenues in Keansburg New Jersey, and at this crossroads, it was a great meeting place for some of the kids in that section of town to meet up and walk to school together and vice versa for the walk home.

As time went on, The Corner became a neutral meeting place for the afternoon, evening, and as well as weekend activities. It was convenient to say, “I’ll meet you at the Corner.” The Corner also was a convenient location to go to and sit on the mailbox when you weren’t sure what was happening for the night. We would sit on the mailbox (if you were the first one there) and wait for others to show up.

These types of meeting locations were in most sections of Keansburg. Some of the other sites that the locals would hang out where Main Street, The Boardwalk, The Wall, Carpenters, Grovingers, ext. It was like today’s internet system.

A must pilgrimage to add to your bucket list.