President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
During an 1861 speech in Pittsburgh, Abraham Lincoln addressed a supportive and vocal crowd who were more than willing to laugh at his jokes — especially this one, which poked fun at the chattering political class in general.
“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”
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River Edge NJ, the Bergen County Historical Society on Sunday, November 20th ,presented Retreat to Victory at New Bridge Landing:
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River Edge NJ, the Bergen County Historical Society on Sunday, November 20th ,presents Retreat to Victory at New Bridge Landing:
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River Edge NJ, the Bergen County Historical Society presents All Hallows’ Eve: Songs of Love, Death, and the Supernatural on Saturday October 29th (Rain Date Sunday, October 30th) 2 pm- 3:30 pm at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street River Edge, NJ.
Julia Shaw / October 09, 2012
Columbus Day is an unusual American holiday. It doesn’t commemorate a President or a great American statesman. Christopher Columbus found North America, but he didn’t find, or found, the United States.
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River Edge Nj, sponsored by the Bergen County Historical Society , BaronFest at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge, celebrates Major General Baron von Steuben . This year the festival drew a large crowd . There was lots of food , music ,tours ,reenactments and drink. Alementary, Brix City and Hackensack Brewery were there along with Particle Theory 6- piece band, a food truck, pumpkin picking, 3rd NJ, Mott’s Artillery and 3 historic homes were all open for tours.
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River Edge NJ, come celebrate Major General Baron von Steuben with the Bergen County Historical Society at our annual BaronFest on Saturday, September 24th (Rain date Sunday, September 25th), 1-6 p.m. at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ.
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Ridgewood NJ, on September 11, 2001 on a crystal clear, sunny, late summer day al Qaeda terrorists aboard three hijacked passenger planes carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing everyone on board the planes and nearly 3,000 people on the ground. A fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all on board, after passengers and crew attempted to wrest control from the hijackers. Below is a chronology of the events of 9/11 as they unfolded. All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
By Kevin OToole
Kevin J. O’Toole is the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This was first printed in the Bergen Record on 9/9/19.
The most humbling duty that falls on the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is speaking on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. It was the second attack on the Trade Center, which was bombed on Feb. 26, 1993, resulting in the deaths of six adults and an unborn child. Nearly 3,000 souls were lost on 9/11.
The loss of life – whether in numbers small or large – is always personal to the family and friends of the victims. Many of us in New Jersey and New York, lost family, friends and colleagues. The sum total of this loss is incalculable.
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3 Breweries, Live music with Particle Theory, Food Trucks, Rev War Museum Site Open in the Heart of Bergen County, Save the date or Buy Your Tickets
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River Edge NJ, Come celebrate Major General Baron von Steuben with the Bergen County Historical Society at our annual Baron BeerFest on Saturday, September 24th (Rain date Sunday, September 25th), 1-6 p.m. at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ.
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River Edge NJ, in the Bergen County Historical Society’s Friday’s Fare post from Historic New Bridge Landing the Bergen County Historical Society focused on a device called the Water Yoke . Given the near draught conditions in the county the Water Yoke could be making a comeback .Water was so important in any 18th century Out Kitchen; boiling & scalding, soups & stews, rising & washing, and just in case, a bucketful to douse a fire. Never taken for granted, it always needs to be carried in. Over the OK east window hangs a shoulder yoke, and n the 18th century, it may have been a older child’s job to haul water several times daily, even more on laundry day.
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