Washington's Birthday Celebration:
Country Ball on the 284th Anniversary
Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 1-5 pm

A Country Ball upon the Anniversary of Washington’s Birthday will be held at Historic New Bridge Landing. Dance mistress Denise Piccino and the Tricorne Dancers will give three 45-minute public performances in the Steuben House at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 pm. Ridley & Anne Enslow will provide musical accompaniment on fiddle and hammered dulcimer. Throughout the afternoon, Rodger Yaden will portray General George Washington. Hot cider and crullers will be served in the restored 18th-century tavern in the Campbell-Christie House, where our gift shop is also located. Visitors may also see open-hearth cooking demonstrated in the Out-Kitchen, featuring meal items that General Washington might have eaten during his stay at New Bridge in 1780 and recipes from Martha's cookbook. Re-enactors from the 3rd New Jersey Regiment will demonstrate military life.

So celebrate the 284th anniversary of Washington’s Birthday at Historic New Bridge Landing, where General George Washington made his headquarters in September 1780, when Continental troops encamped between Van Saun Park in River Edge and Soldier Hill Road in Oradell. A tiger-stripe maple bedstead, reputedly used in a local home where George Washington stayed during the 1780 Steenrapie Encampment, is displayed in the Demarest House. The room in the Steuben House where Washington stayed for ten days during the Steenrapie Encampment is also open for viewing. Visit the currency exhibit & mini-tour in the Campbell-Chrisite House.

Major General Baron von Steuben comes home

In a special ceremony at 12:30 p.m. in the Steuben House, preceding the opening of the ball, the Bergen County Historical Society, joined by special guests, will unveil sculptor Albert Jaeger's three-quarter-sized maquette of Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben, made in preparation for the bronze statue of Baron von Steuben erected in Lafayette Park in 1910, opposite the White House. Damaged during Hurricane Sandy while stored in an off-site warehouse, this 107-year-old plaster model was repaired by conservator Gary McGowanof CPR, Inc., through FEMA funding secured by the Bergen County Historical Society. Thank you FEMA!

Event pdf. Info has been updated 02-07-2016.