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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOR_welcome-to-red-bank-battlefield-park_National-Park-NJ.html
Red Bank Battlefield Park is a 44-acre park administered by Gloucester County's Department of Parks and Recreation. Enjoy our scenic walking trails, beautiful views of the Delaware River, and tours of The Whitall House and Red Bank Battlefield.In …
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"Fire low men, they have a broad belt just above their hips - aim at that."Colonel Christopher Greene, October 22, 1777On October 22, Colonel Carl von Donop advanced 1,200 Hessians on Fort Mercer. Dramatically outnumbered, American forc…
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While the battle raged at Fort Mercer, American and British naval forces engaged in intense fire on the Delaware River. Earlier in the fall of 1777, American forces had sunk chevaux de fries (racks of wooden, spiked spears) in the Delaware River, …
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As early as 1638, Swedes settled, farmed along the Raccoon Creek. In 1703, Trinity Church was founded along Kings Highway as the first Swedish Church in New Jersey and the third Swedish Church in America. The original Swedish log cabin church was …
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To commemorate the 300th anniversary of Trinity "Old Swedes" Church and the visit of Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, April 4, 2003
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Founded by the Swedes before 1700. First Church built 1703. Present Church built 1784. Admitted to the Convention 1792.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I6Y_first-swedish-church_Swedesboro-NJ.html
In the Bicentennial Year the Swedish-American Community commemorates the founding of the First Swedish Church in New Jersey in 1703 on this site, visited April 8, 1976 by his Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I6X_skirmish-at-swedesboro_Swedesboro-NJ.html
A Revolutionary War skirmish occurred near this site on April 4, 1778. About 300 Loyalist and British troops marched from Fort Billings (near present-day Paulsboro) to Swedesboro, hoping to capture local militiamen. Finding the Patriots gone, the …
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Historic SiteofFort Billingsport
First Federal Land PurchaseJuly 5, 1776
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BMR_welcome-to-red-bank-battlefield_National-Park-NJ.html
Red Bank Battlefield is a service of the Gloucester County Board of Freeholders.
This is the first stop on the 41-mile Oughta See an Otter Birding & Wildlife Trail.
Red Bank Battlefield is the perfect starting point for a day or more of outd…