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Morris County is the Crossroads of the American Revolution
During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington brought the Continental Army twice in winter to the area. In 1777, about 3,000 soldiers were in the area, mostly in Loantaka, billeting wherever they could, in fields and farmers’ barns. Washington stayed at Arnold’s Tavern on the Morristown Green.
For the second winter encampment (1779-1780), about 10,000 soldiers built a log cabin city at Jockey Hollow, five miles south of Morristown. Washington stayed at the Ford Mansion in Morristown for nearly six months. General Henry Knox, during the same winter, set up the Park of Artillery with 1,000 soldiers who set about repairing wagons, artillery, and other war necessities.
Explore #MorrisCty ‘s rich connection to George Washington and the Revolutionary War here: MorrisTourism.org
Every Independence Day the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence is held On the Green in Morristown, NJ
Tom Winslow of the National Park Service reads the Declaration of Independence on the Morristown Green
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