GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THIS BOULDER WHICH LAY FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL ON THIS SITE NEAR THE TURN OF THE OLD ROAD MARKS THE LOCATION OF A HOUSE USED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AS A TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS ON OCTOBER 26, 1780 WHILE ON MARCH FROM TOTOWA NOW PATERSON TO SUPPORT LAFAYETTE'S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE ENEMY ON STATEN ISLAND.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY"
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY"
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- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- VALLEY ROAD AND CLAREMONT AVENUE
- 07042
- BILL COUGHLIN
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