A heritage of hearths

A heritage of hearths (HMGXW)

Location: Morristown, NJ 07960 Morris County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 46.5', W 74° 32.071'

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Morristown National Historical Park

Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line built these hearths in the winter of 1779-1780.

The rest of the encampment vanished decades ago, victims of disuse and decay. These huts are copies, based partly on the ghosts of post holes and foundation logs still found in the ground. But only the hearths survived just as they were then.

The little mementos - buttons, knives, pipe stems - have all been sifted out of the ground and studied to recapture the life of Washington's soldiers.
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HM NumberHMGXW
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Placed ByMorristown National Historical Park
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Date Added Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 5:49am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 539280 N 4513884
Decimal Degrees40.77500000, -74.53451667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 46.5', W 74° 32.071'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 46' 30.00" N, 74° 32' 4.26" W
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Area Code(s)973, 201, 908, 862
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 555 Grand Parade Rd, Morristown NJ 07960, US
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