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River Edge NJ, Step back in time and celebrate George Washington’s Birthday with the Bergen County Historical Society on Sunday, February 23, 2025, from 1 PM to 4:30 PM at Historic New Bridge Landing (1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ). This exciting event offers a unique Revolutionary War experience filled with historical performances, interactive exhibits, and family-friendly activities.
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River Edge Nj, Looking for a unique and historical way to celebrate Washington’s Birthday? Join the Bergen County Historical Society on Sunday, February 23, 2025, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ for an immersive Revolutionary War-era experience!
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River Edge NJ, Bergen County Historical Society Member 12th Night Party Sunday January 05, 2025, 2-5 pm.
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River Edge Nj, looking for a festive way to kick off the holiday season? Join the Bergen County Historical Society as they host Sinterklaas Day on Sunday, December 8th, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge, NJ.
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River Edge NJ, escape the modern holiday rush and experience Christmas like never before at the Bergen County Historical Society’s 41st Annual Colonial Christmas Concerts and Tavern Fare! Join us on Saturday, December 14, or Sunday, December 15, at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ, for an unforgettable evening of festive music, delicious food, and old-world charm.
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River Edge NJ, join the Bergen County Historical Society for a day of fun and history at the annual Baron’s Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 28th (Rain date: Sunday, Sept. 29th) from 1 pm to 6 pm at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge.
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Ridgewood NJ, love baseball and history? Then bring your chair, cooler and sunscreen to Historic New Bridge Landing as the Bergen County Historical Society hosts Vintage Baseball in the Meadow on Saturday, July 13th, 11 am -2 pm, 1201 Main Street River Edge, NJ.
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photos courtesy of Wyckoff Historical Society
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Wyckoff NJ, on June 2, the Wyckoff Historical Society (WHS) proudly sponsored a Bergen County Historical Society blue marker at the Union Cemetery. This blue marker program, the largest of its kind in New Jersey, provides a mini history lesson on significant historical locations, enriching our understanding of local heritage.
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River Edge NJ, Bergen County Historical Society volunteers identified and cleared invasive vines around the Von Steuben House.
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River Edge NJ, you can buy your Christmas tree right at Historic New Bridge Landing. Sales help support the Bergen County Historical Society!
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Written and researched by Kevin Wright©2015
As compared with present consumption, the colonial diet included relatively little fresh meat. Families reared swine and turkeys in great numbers and those destined for winter market were fenced in an appropriate place at the lower end of the garden. Pork was preferred over beef, except among Jewish colonists whose religious observance proscribed its consumption. Pigs generously fattened on forest mast, field pumpkins, buckwheat, and a sweet mash of skimmed milk and bran.
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On the chilly and drizzly morning of November 20, 1776, a mere four months following the declaration of independence by the Second Continental Congress, the formidable British army launched an invasion of Bergen County. Their objective was to capture the American garrison stationed at Fort Lee, with the garrison’s sole escape route leading across a small wooden drawbridge at New Bridge Landing, now located in River Edge and New Milford.
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Photo of the Museum Collections Committee recently preparing exhibit.
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River Edge NJ, this year Bergen County Historical Society has an exhibit of 18th document box for the Retreat event at New Bridge. It has the GR King George stamp seal impressed in the leather lid by the handle.
The box has been conserved by Cultural Preservation & Restoration since the last time on exhibit several years ago.
