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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WY_old-burying-ground_Harrington-Park-NJ.html
In use for nearly two hundred years, largely by the Blauvelt family, the earliest known burial was in 1722. The cemetery contains the graves of members of other early Bergen County families, veterans of the American Revolution and slaves. Some of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WX_baylor-massacre-millstone_Norwood-NJ.html
"This millstone is the only visible marker of the Baylor Massacre in existence today. On September 28, 1778, a detail of Baylor's Continental Dragoons camping at Haring's Tannery in River Vale was betrayed into the hands of the British by a Tory a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WW_gravesite_Norwood-NJ.html
Six soldiers of those killed in the Baylor Massacre were buried here in three abandoned tan vats. The vats were part of a small tan yard which existed here before the Revolution.The gravesite was discovered in 1967 and the soldiers were re-interre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WV_baylor-massacre-park_River-Vale-NJ.html
In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War in the "Baylor Massacre" on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George Baylor's 3rd Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TE_historical-chronology-1776_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
(1) July 12 - Fort Lee's fortifications laid out. Together with Fort Washington on the opposite bank and aided by a river barrier, the twin fortresses are intended to thwart British control of the Hudson.
(2) July12 - General Howe's forces land…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TC_military-magazine_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
The military magazine derives its name from the Arabic word, "Makhazin", meaning granary, or storehouse. Revolutionary War magazines were constructed with emphasis on fire and waterproofing, easy accessibility to the guns serviced and security fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TA_the-barbette-battery_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
This battery was believed to be the "Barbette Battery" as its location commanded a large field of fire of the river, stretching North to South from the Chevaux-De-Frise to the Bluff Rock's southern edge.
A Barbette Battery's guns fired over a l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4T7_soldier-hut_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
At Fort Lee, "hutting" - the building of permanent huts - was started at General Greene's command to:
"Fix proper places for barracks, none to be nearer the fort than 50 rods?build timber huts?boards are to be had only for the roof. The huts we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4T6_cannons_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
The word "cannon" is derived from the Latin canna, meaning tube, pipe or gun and dates back to the 13th Century. In the 1400's, the term described a cylinder made from iron bars "soldered" together and fortified with iron hoops.
By the 18th Cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4T5_abatis-construction-at-fort-lee_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
Fortifications were protected by obstacles, such as an abatis, or other major hindrances to assaulting troops. They were easily placed before a parapet, or breastwork, wherever trees were plentiful and were used to supplement defensive rampart wal…