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The 245th Anniversary of the British Invasion & American Retreat

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Historic New Bridge Landing , on November 20th, 1776, five thousand British, Hessian and Loyalist troops, under command of Lt. Gen. Lord Cornwallis, scaled the Palisades at Lower Closter Dock and marched against Fort Lee. Warned by an alert officer, the American garrison escaped entrapment by safely crossing the Hackensack River at New Bridge, now known as “the Bridge That Saved a Nation,” and lived to fight another day. To mark the 245th Anniversary of the “times that try men’s souls,” the Bergen County Historical Society, along with the Brigade of the American Revolution, will co-sponsor a day of living history on Sunday, November 21st 10 am-4 pm. 1201 Main Street, River Edge NJ.

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Bergen County Historical Society Annual Baronfest on Saturday October 16th, 1 pm -5 pm

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New Bridge landing NJ, Celebrate Major General Baron von Steuben with the Bergen County Historical Society at our annual Baronfest on Saturday October 16th, 1 pm -5 pm at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge NJ.

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Bergen County Historical Society Presents a Harvest Homecoming event on Sunday, September 19th, 1 pm – 4:30 pm

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New Bridge landing NJ, Come celebrate the fall with the Bergen County Historical Society at our Harvest Homecoming event on Sunday, September 19th, 1 pm – 4:30 pm at Historic New Bridge Landing.
Activities for families include scarecrow making!, free pumpkin picking and decorating, and a taste-testing of a variety of apples.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Summertime Tours – August 22, 1-4 pm

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Summertime Tours – August 22, 1-4 pm
Historic New Bridge Landing  NJ, come visit Bergen County’s Premier Historic Site! Activities include Kite Flying, weather permitting! Three houses and barn open for tours. You can always duck into the houses if the weather is iffy.
A walk in the past, a dessert fest and kites for kids all add up to a day of food, family fun and flavor of local history at New Bridge Landing in River Edge.
Visitors will step back in time and spend an afternoon in the 18th century during the Bergen County Historical Society’s (BCHS) annual Summertime Social on Sunday, Aug. 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. During this open house of the historic village, the public is invited to tour the home that was George Washington’s quarters in 1780, enjoy a drink at an 18th century local tavern and a walk on “The bridge that saved a nation” and inspired Thomas Paine to write “These are the times that try men’s souls…”.

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Bergen County Historical Society : two peach trees

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Historic New Bridge Landing, River Edge NJ, In 1784, John J Zabriskie requested compensation from the British Government for his estate at New Bridge. In the description he gives us a window to the surrounding property: “Forty Acres of Land adjoining said Mansion House consisting of Meadow Land and two orchards.”

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Scout Pack 229 of River Edge Tours of Historic New Bridge Landing

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New Bridge Landing River Edge NJ, Scout Pack 229 of River Edge came for a tour of Historic New Bridge Landing this weekend. It was great to see that the 8-10 year olds were knowledgeable in American history.

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Site Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing by Bergen County Historical Society with Past president & Museum Collection Chair Deborah Powell.

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Sunday, July 25, 2021, 2 pm – 3:30 pm
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Historic New Bridge Landing NJ, the Bergen County Historical Society site Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing by Bergen County Historical Society  Past president & Museum Collection Chair Deborah Powell. Learn about the stone houses of Bergen County through three examples at Historic New Bridge Landing.

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America’s favorite summer pastime baseball, and the Hot Dog

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New Bridge Landing, River Edge  NJ,  according to the Bergen County Historical Society Baseball, America’s favorite summer pastime, boasts many early influences in its development. Played like early similar games [one called rounders], it is first referenced in England in the 1700s in a child’s book “A Little Pretty Pocket Book” where it was actually called baseball using three posts in a triangle whereas today’s four bases are the better known diamond.

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Bergen County Executive James Tedesco Throws out the Ceremonial First Pitch at the Bergen County Historical Society Annual Vintage Baseball Game

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Historic New Bridge Landing, the  fans and volunteers were back at the Bergen County Historical Society Annual Vintage Baseball Game at Historic New Bridge Landing. The Flemington Neshanic put on an amazing display and it was fantastic that once again the Enterprise Club of New Bridge could once again take the Meadow…er field!

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Vintage Baseball at Historic New Bridge Landing

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Historic New Bridge Landing NJ, Love baseball? Love history? Step back into yesteryear when the Bergen County Historical Society hosts an old-time game in the meadow at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge. Featuring the Flemington Neshanock verses the Enterprise Club of New Bridge.

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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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