Bergen County Historical Society
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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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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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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Bergen County Historical Society
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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photos and text by the Bergen County Historical Society
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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New Bridge landing NJ, a Pop up Walking Tour of Historic New Bridge Landing – this Sunday, March 21, 2021, 1:30- 2:45 pm.
Bergen County Historical Society
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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