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Bergen County Historical Society : The Second Day of July 1776 – Lantern Tour

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New Bridge Landing NJ, “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” An extract from a letter written by John Adams to his wife Abigail. July 3rd, 1776.

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Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 with Bergen County Historical Society

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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Historical Society; Each year we honor the veterans of all wars with a wreath laying at the grave of General Enoch Poor in the burial ground of the First Dutch Reformed Church on the Green.

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Pinkster, A Jersey Dutch Celebration of Spring

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New Bridge Landing  NJ, join the Bergen County Historical Society as we celebrate Pinkster, a Jersey Dutch Celebration of Spring on Sunday May 16th, 1 pm-4:30 pm at Historic New Bridge Landing 1201 Main St. River Edge NJ.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Chwame Gischuch, Under the Shad Moon at Historic New Bridge Landing

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River Edge NJ, Chwame Gischuch, Under the Shad Moon at Historic New Bridge Landing , If you get a chance to visit at our event tomorrow (5/2/21), notice what a unique experience this public private park is. It’s a miracle this richly complex and storied location survives in the most populated county in the most populated state in the country. Bergen County Historical Society is proud to have the vision and wherewithal to help provide leadership and peoplepower as stewards of the museum site and our headquarters, Historic New Bridge Landing. Bergen County Historical Society, 501c3 non-profit volunteer org, 100% of your donations go to our mission.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Historic New Bridge Landing Bake-Oven Bread

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River Edge NJ, Friday’s Fare from Historic New Bridge Landing Bake-Oven Bread Referred to as A Simple Bread in our recipe collection, this is Andrea’s go-to bread recipe that never fails and has satisfied many a reenactor. For years it’s been baked using a Dutch oven, but with the addition of the Bake Oven at HNBL, and has become our “control” for working this oven. What is most liked about it is that it’s nothing fancy, just honest and great eaten as a hunk pulled from the loaf. Slathered with butter or dunked in a stew, it makes a meal.

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Site Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing by BCHS Past president & Museum Collection Chair Deborah Powell

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New Bridge landing NJ, a Pop up Walking Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing – this Sunday, March 21, 2021, 1:30- 2:45 pm.

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Walking Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing

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New Bridge Landing NJ, Tour begin in The Meadow. Find out about Bergen County’s premier historic site. Tour is weather permitting, 45 degrees or warmer. Tour by Deborah Powell.

Historic New Bridge Landing has a compelling and complex story, from the Native American to colonial to a strategic crossing throughout the American Revolutionary War located in the heart of Bergen County. Tour given by Deborah Powell, BCHS past president and Museum Collection Chair.

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Bergen’s Fort: The Post at Paulus Hook, 1776-1783

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New Bridge Landing NJ, Paulus Hook, continuously occupied by troops for the bulk of the American Revolution. Lecture by Todd Braisted.
Sunday, February 21, 2021, 2 pm.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Joyce Kilmer, “Trees”

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New bridge Landing  NJ, The poet #JoyceKilmer, who lived in #Mahwah, wrote the following poem “Trees” ,

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Bergen County Historical Society : the Stamp Act in Pictures with Writer Marta Black

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New bridge landing  NJ,  the Stamp Act in Pictures: Writer Marta Black will use cartoons and drawings from the 1700s to discuss the Stamp Act and the causes of the American Revolution. January 10, 2021, 2 pm.
BCHS Zoom Lecture – Free, no charge, option to make a donation.

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1780 was the 5th year of the Revolution and four years after the Declaration was signed, yet fighting still raged

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New Bridge landing NJ, As 2020 comes to a close, Northjersey.com recently posted an article about what some historians thought were the worst years. We’d like to throw 1780’s hat into the ring. To see the article, please see the previous post and now…1780 and the challenges that the region faced 240 years ago.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Ackerman-Zabriskie Tide Mill site

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New Bridge Landing, Good afternoon Bergen County! We hope you are well as the snow storm exits and the sun peaks out. The Bergen County Historical Society was established in 1902, charged with preserving and promoting the County’s rich history as a whole. We are a 501c3 and not a government agency. Over the years, the Society has amassed a collection of over 4,000 unique items that tell the story of Bergen’s first peoples to the present day. 2020 has been a year like no other with historic sites and museums across the country feeling the challenges of Covid 19. Yet the Bergen County Historical Society has been resilient during these times and has continued to march forward as we continue with our mission.

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Bergen County Historical Society 2020 Year End Fundraising Appeal

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New Bridge landing , The Bergen County Historical Society was established in 1902, charged with preserving and promoting the County’s rich history as a whole. Over the years, the Society has amassed a collection of over 4,000 unique items that tell the story of Bergen’s first peoples to the present day. 2020 has been a year like no other with historic sites and museums across the country feeling the challenges of Covid 19. Yet the Bergen County Historical Society has been resilient during these times, launching a new website with updated resources, participating in a nationwide historic site tour, supporting an Eagle Scout project bake oven on site, ZOOM lecture series and monthly in person tours following all state guidelines.
We are also excited to announce that we have purchased the former PSE&G substation property, which is the last undeveloped property in the historic core of Historic New Bridge Landing. Renamed the Ackerman-Zabriskie Tide Mill site, the past support of our members, allowed for this important piece of history to be preserved as planning gets underway for its future use.

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Bergen County Historical Society Presents 244th Anniversary of the British Invasion & American Retreat

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New bridge Landing NJ, join the Bergen County Historical Society for Retreat to Victory: Learn about events of Nov 20-21, 1776 in Bergen County. Reenactors from 4 groups to demonstrate. Exhibit of Antique Political Cartoons of American Rev War. Out kitchen Cooking, Barn & Blacksmith.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Local Taverns often Served as Polling Places

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New Bridge Landing NJ, according to the Bergen County Historical Society , in New Jersey in the early 1800s, local taverns often served as polling places. Women and people of color joined other legal voters to cast their ballots in taverns marked by signs like the one pictured here, featured in our new exhibit When Women Lost the Vote.

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