On the cold, drizzly morning of November 20, 1776, a mere four months after the Second Continental Congress declared us to be an independent nation, the mighty British army mounted an invasion of Bergen County. Their goal was the capture of the American garrison at Fort Lee; the garrison’s only means of escape lay across a small wooden drawbridge at New Bridge Landing in what is now River Edge and New Milford. 

On Saturday evening, November 18, 2023, 7:00 p.m. historian Jim Smith will read selections from the American Crisis at the Bridge and follow with an illustrated presentation on the Geography of New Jersey and it's impact on the war in the Steuben House. Saturday Evening is by donation.

On Sunday, November 19, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., you can walk with Generals Washington and Greene and trod the path of the tattered American army at the…