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Elizabeth in Union County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Elizabethtown

 
 
Elizabethtown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 5, 2008
1. Elizabethtown Marker
Inscription. On this spot, at daybreak, June 7, 1780 began the fighting against the British forces moving toward Springfield. Here fell General Stirling at the head of the advancing column. On June 8, after the British retreat from Springfield, General Hand here attacked and drove back the 22nd Regt. to the British main position at the point. Skirmishing on this ground continued until the British retreat to Staten Island, June 23rd.

Erected by the State of New Jersey, A.D. 1905
 
Erected 1905 by State of New Jersey.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is June 7, 1927.
 
Location. 40° 39.51′ N, 74° 12.156′ W. Marker is in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in Union County. Marker is at the intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and High Street, on the right when traveling south on Elizabeth Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elizabeth NJ 07201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Belcher-Ogden Mansion (approx. half a mile away); Property of John Ogden   1680 (approx. half a mile away); The Nathaniel Bonnell House 1682 (approx. half a mile away); Boxwood Hall (approx. half a mile away); Washington’s Inaugural Bicentennial
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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Seven Astronauts (approx. 0.6 miles away); General Winfield Scott (approx. 0.6 miles away); Revolutionary Cannon (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabeth.
 
Also see . . .  The British invasion of June, 1780. (Submitted on April 5, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
 
Elizabethtown Minuteman Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 5, 2008
2. Elizabethtown Minuteman Monument
The Monument plaque tells of the beginning of the British 1780 Campaign to attack Washington's army in Morristown.
Minuteman Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 5, 2008
3. Minuteman Statue
The Minuteman Monument stands in one of Elizabeth's busiest intersections.
Close-up of Elizabethtown Minuteman image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 5, 2008
4. Close-up of Elizabethtown Minuteman
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,222 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 5, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.

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