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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hudson County, New Jersey
Adjacent to Hudson County, New Jersey
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | . . . — — Map (db m53037) HM |
| On Avenue B, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built by Americans, 1776, at the site of Bayonne. Occupied 1777 – 82 by Loyalist forces, who named it Fort Delancey. — — Map (db m7698) HM |
| On W 33rd Street at Avenue C, on the right when traveling west on W 33rd Street. |
| | First Refd. Dutch Church Orgend. 1828 Erecd. 1866 First Federated Church Bayonne’s Oldest Church – 1866 and its oldest Congregation: Dutch Reformed Church (1828) Merged in 1952 with Third Reformed Church and Christ Presbyterian Forming . . . — — Map (db m54634) HM |
| On Kennedy Blvd. south of W 63rd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Named to memorialize the presence of the Patriot Army under General Hugh Mercer in 1776 in this vicinity. • • • Presented by The Bayonne Historical Society 1953 — — Map (db m63614) HM |
| | Gift From the people of Russia President Vladimir Putin Artist Zurab Tsereteli — — Map (db m53039) HM |
| On Port Jersey Blvd., on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has established preserved areas within the Port Jersey Peninsula to protect and maintain fragile wetlands and wildlife, and provide a waterfront which can be enjoyed by all. From here you can see some of . . . — — Map (db m53043) HM |
| On JF Kennedy Blvd. at W 43rd Street, on the right when traveling south on JF Kennedy Blvd.. |
| | Lt. Stephen R. Gregg U. S. Army – 143rd Infantry, 36th Infantry Division Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient For his role in Action on August 27, 1944 Near Montelimar, France — — Map (db m54637) HM |
| | Gift from the people of Russia President Vladimir Putin This site will be a home for the monument to the struggle against world terrorism Artist Zurab Tsereteli — — Map (db m53040) HM |
| On JF Kennedy Blvd. north of W 39th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In Memoriam U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15th 1898 This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine — — Map (db m54632) HM |
| On JF Kennedy Blvd. north of W 39th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | To the Volunteers of the Army and Navy of the United States whose heroic patriotism has helped to make our Republic what it is to-day. Erected MCMXIV — — Map (db m54636) HM |
| On River Street at Hudson Place, on the right when traveling north on River Street. |
| | This site was once close to the geological edge of the Hudson River. This building, CIRCA 1889, close to major transportation was once Hoboken's largest commercial structure. Built as the Second National Bank, it housed a variety of uses, most . . . — — Map (db m6881) HM |
| On Washington Street at 11th Street on Washington Street. |
| | On June 19, 1846, the first match game of baseball was played here on the Elysian Fields between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks. It is generally conceded that until this time, the game was not seriously regarded. — — Map (db m6878) HM |
| On Hudson Street at 4th Street on Hudson Street. |
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Dedicated
May 30th - 1888
– Committee –
E.A. Stevens – G.A. Seide
James A. Greyer – Theophilus Butts
James Benson – B.F. Hart
F.W. Schroeder – John Eckstein
Erected
By the citizens of
Hoboken . . . — — Map (db m6791) HM |
| Near Frank Sinatra Drive. |
| | Fast, reliable ferry service run by the Stevens family brought New Yorkers to Hoboken in droves. To attract riders, the Stevens' turned the waterfront into a semi-public park. They opened paths, pavilions, and breath-taking views, and named it . . . — — Map (db m6883) HM |
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Francis Albert Sinatra
The Voice
Born here
At 415 Monroe Street
December 12, 1915 — — Map (db m6788) HM |
| |
The North River Bridge Co.
Ground broken June 8th, 1895
First foundation masonry
laid June 18th, 1895 — — Map (db m6945) HM |
| On 11th Street at Hudson Street, in the median on 11th Street. |
| | The Maxwell House Coffee Plant stretched along Hoboken's waterfront from Tenth to Twelfth Streets. It was a marvel of its time, the largest coffee processing plant in the world, and a local landmark. Before the plant was built in 1938-39, part of . . . — — Map (db m6880) HM |
| On Maxwell Place at Frank Sinatra Drive on Maxwell Place. |
| | John Cox Stevens, an outgoing member of Hoboken's founding family and avid boater, organized the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) on July 30, 1844, and served as its first Commodore. He built the first clubhouse on this site at the foot of Tenth Street. . . . — — Map (db m6882) HM |
| On River Street at 5th Street on River Street. |
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In memory of
SGT William Fesken
Killed in action, Vietnam
May 2, 1967
And dedicated to all
Those who sacrificed their lives
In the Vietnam Conflict so that
Our country might live — — Map (db m6790) HM |
| On Bloomfield Street at 6th Street on Bloomfield Street. |
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Stephen Collins Foster
composer of
“Old Folks at Home”
and other immortal songs lived in this house during the year 1854.
It was while living here that “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair” was . . . — — Map (db m7252) HM |
| Near River Street at 6th Street. |
| | This land was a part of the Island of Hoboken which was deeded on Feb. 15, 1663 by Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of Nieuw Amsterdam, for the benefit of his sister Anna, Widow of Samuel Bayard of Amsterdam.
In 1784, these 564 acres belonging to . . . — — Map (db m6860) HM |
| On 6th Street at Park Ave. on 6th Street. |
| | On this site stood the Martha Institute from 1866-1999. Built on land donated by Hoboken philanthropist Martha Bayard Stevens and named in her honor, the Martha Institute served as home to Hoboken's first German-American school, the Manual Trade . . . — — Map (db m6879) HM |
| On Sinatra Drive at First Street, on the right when traveling north on Sinatra Drive. |
| | Dedicated to the Valiant American Expeditionary Forces who embarked from this point to participate in the World War 1917-1918.
Erected by Hoboken Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus May 30, 1925.
On the other side of the boulder . . . — — Map (db m88729) WM |
| On Frank Sinatra Drive at 4th Street on Frank Sinatra Drive. |
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Dedicated to those 153 Hoboken residents
Who made the ultimate sacrifice through
Seflfess acts of bravery, courage,
And loyalty to our great country
And the principles of democracy.
Mayor David Roberts
James J Farina, City Clerk . . . — — Map (db m81101) HM |
| On Lincoln Park Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In Memoriam of the Irish Famine An Gorta Mor 1845 – 1852 For those lives claimed by it and the Irish Immigrants that survived and relocated to the United States. Erected By The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Hudson County, N.J. [ Back . . . — — Map (db m42404) HM |
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You are standing on a site which saw one of the worse acts of sabotage in American history!
Prior to the U.S. entering WWI, the shoreline on which you now stand was occupied by an extensive munitions depot operated by the Lehigh Valley . . . — — Map (db m126349) HM |
| On Broadway at Lincoln Highway (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling east on Broadway. |
| | In honor of George E. Blakeslee Pioneer of the modern highway [ Rear Marker : ] Blakeslee rededicated September 2005 by The Friends of the Marion Section Patrick J. O’Melia Hassan Abubakr • Tessie Brady • Sam C. Difeo • Mary Donnelly . . . — — Map (db m51534) HM |
| On Audrey Zapp Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | New Jersey Central Jersey Central Lines Honoring the employees of the Central Railroad of New Jersey 1849 – 1976 Dedicated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey Veteran Employees Association — — Map (db m51512) HM |
| On Audrey Zapp Drive at Phillip Street, on the right when traveling east on Audrey Zapp Drive. |
| | Prior to 1860, the area surrounding you was mostly brackish waters, salt marshes and mudflats of a tidal estuary. Known to the native Lenape as Communipaw Cove, these wetlands were a rich source of fish, waterfowl and shellfish. Early Dutch and . . . — — Map (db m49794) HM |
| On Liberty Walk, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The land we know as Liberty State Park has undergone many changes. Known to the Lenape Indians as Communipaw Cove, it was a place of saltmarshes and oysters. Later Dutch and English settlers harvested salt hay for their livestock. To native people . . . — — Map (db m69423) HM |
| On Phillip Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Henry Hudson’s “Half Moon” anchored off Communipaw in 1609. In 1633 the Dutch West India Company built the first house occupied by “John the Laugher.” A small colony of Dutch houses and farms developed along the shore where . . . — — Map (db m42415) HM |
| On Audrey Zapp Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On the morning of September 11, 2001, with the skies so clear that the Twin Towers across the river appeared to be within reach, the very essence of what our country stands for - freedom, tolerance, and the pursuit of happiness – was attacked. . . . — — Map (db m49789) HM |
| On Morris Pesin Drive, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | On July 30, 1916, the Black Tom munitions depot exploded, rocking New York Harbor and sending sleeping residents tumbling from their beds.
The noise of the explosion was heard as far away as Maryland and Connecticut. On Ellis Island, terrified . . . — — Map (db m126348) HM |
| On Lincoln Park Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | to the Volunteer Fireman of Jersey City Erected through the bequest of Capt. Frederick T. Farrier as a token of the friendship and esteem in which he held his former associates in the Volunteer Fire Department. Edwin M. Farrier 1931 . . . — — Map (db m42413) HM |
| | “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
1919–1972
Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, . . . — — Map (db m6101) HM |
| On Bergen Avenue at Mercer Street, on the right when traveling north on Bergen Avenue. |
| | This marks the site of the home of Jane Tuers a heroine of the American Revolution Presented by Jane Tuers Cociety C.A.R. 1925 — — Map (db m63612) HM |
| On Lincoln Park Road., on the left when traveling west. |
| | In memory of the Soldiers of Jersey City who fought in the War of the Rebellion. [ Back of Monument: ] This monument is erected by the executor of the estate of the late Edward J. Donnelly, Sergt. Co. C, 5th N.J. Volunteers and a . . . — — Map (db m42406) HM |
| On Morris Pesin Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Dedicated to America’s role of preserving freedom and rescuing the oppressed, this monument, by Natan Rapoport, of an American soldier carrying a World War II concentration camp survivor was gifted to the State of New Jersey through the generosity . . . — — Map (db m13295) WM |
| On Belmont Avenue at West Side Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Belmont Avenue. |
| | Hudson County’s great public work of the 1890’s was Hudson (now Kennedy) Boulevard, a 20-mile landscaped roadway running through the county. Construction caused the demolition or relocation of many buildings and was completed in 1895. The road . . . — — Map (db m42419) HM |
| Near Morris Pesin Drive, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | On the foggy, drizzly morning of June 13, 1958, Morris Pesin (1911-1992) made his historic 8 minute canoe trip to the Statue of Liberty with a Jersey Journal reporter to dramatize the close proximity of the Jersey City shoreline to Ms. . . . — — Map (db m126346) HM |
| On Lincoln Park Road, in the median. |
| | Sculptor James Earle Frazer Erected in 1930 by the Lincoln Association of Jersey City with contributions from the school children of Jersey City. Rededicated February 12, 2005 75th Anniversary [ Pedestal Inscription: ] Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m42408) HM |
| On Summit Avenue (County Route 617) south of Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Jersey City’s oldest building, the Newkirk House was erected circa 1690 a few blocks northeast of the nearby Dutch settlement of Bergen Square (1660). Occupied for two centuries by the Newkirk family, the sandstone structure was sold by . . . — — Map (db m156027) HM |
| On Washington Blvd. at Town Square Place, on the right when traveling north on Washington Blvd.. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m35586) HM |
| On Bergen Avenue at Highland Avenue on Bergen Avenue. |
| | The Old Bergen Church, a Dutch Reformed Church, is a classic blending of Greek Revival details and form, with New Jersey Dutch influences. Originally founded in 1662 at Bergen Avenue and Vroom Street, the church has undergone two rebuildings on this . . . — — Map (db m6137) HM |
| On Grand Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on Grand Street. |
| | Washington’s “Flying Camp” here in 1776. Later fort held by British during entire war despite American attacks. — — Map (db m7697) HM |
| On Sip Avenue at Newkirk Street, on the right when traveling east on Sip Avenue. |
| | In 1660, as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, Stuyvesant was instrumental in the establishment of the Village of Bergen, which was near this site. The Scottish-American sculptor J. Massey Rhind was commissioned to . . . — — Map (db m100143) HM |
| On Montgomery Street at Bergen Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Montgomery Street. |
| | In grateful memory of Right Reverend Monsignor Roger A. McGinley Priest and Patriot who by teaching and example raised the level of citizenship in our city, and by founding Saint Aedan’s Parish in 1912, serving as its pastor for twenty-four . . . — — Map (db m35589) HM |
| On Freedom Way, on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m51513) HM |
| Near Audrey Zapp Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | From 1864 until 1967: the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal provided a vital link between the New Jersey and New York City shores. At its busiest, more than 200 ferry sailings transported tens of thousands of commuters and thousands of . . . — — Map (db m13300) HM |
| Near Audrey Zapp Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | After passing the Statue of Liberty and being processed at Ellis Island, where did the new Americans go? Once declared “clearly and beyond a doubt, entitled to land” almost two-thirds of the immigrants processed at Ellis Island . . . — — Map (db m49339) HM |
| Near Audrey Zapp Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This terminal was completed in June, 1889 and became fully operational on October 6, 1889. For almost 80 years it served as the main passenger terminal for the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey at this strategic Jersey City waterfront location. . . . — — Map (db m13290) HM |
| Near Audrey Zapp Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The term “Historic Trilogy” is used to represent the role the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty played in American history. It was these three historic structures that greeted most . . . — — Map (db m49344) HM |
| On Liberty Walk, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The term “Historic Trilogy” is used to represent the role the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty played in American history. It was these three historic structures that greeted most . . . — — Map (db m69419) HM |
| On Liberty Walk, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Salt marshes like the one you are looking at, once lined the entire coast of New York Harbor. Most were filled as the Harbor became an industrial port. However, this remnant marsh teems with the life that results when brackish (salty) water meets . . . — — Map (db m69424) HM |
| Near Newark Avenue at Palisade Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A Tribute to the
Soldiers
of New Jersey
who encamped on this hill
during the War of 1812
Placed by
The United States Daughters 1812
State of New Jersey
1915 — — Map (db m156026) WM |
| On Bergen Avenue at Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling south on Bergen Avenue. |
| | In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine
Presented to the People of
Jersey City, N.J.
By
General Joseph Wheeler
Post No. 4 A.V.F.S. . . . — — Map (db m6102) WM |
| On Belleville Turnpike (New Jersey Route 7) at River Road / Passaic Ave., on the left when traveling west on Belleville Turnpike. |
| | Osbrany Montes de Oca LCpl KIA – 2/10/12 – Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial Bridge — — Map (db m68677) HM |
| On Pasassaic Ave at Linden Ave, on the right when traveling south on Pasassaic Ave. |
| | Erected by the town of Kearny Tercentenary Committee in memory of Major General Philip Kearny during the New Jersey Tercentenary year 1664 – 1964. — — Map (db m6744) HM |
| On Belleville Turnpike (New Jersey Route 7) at Passaic Ave., on the right when traveling east on Belleville Turnpike. |
| | This bridge was a heel-trunnion bascule built by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois. It was a popular and economic design in the early 1900’s. The first Strauss Bascule Bridge was built in 1905. The 1915 Route 7 bridge was deemed . . . — — Map (db m68681) HM |
| On Passaic Avenue (County Route 299), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This monument is erected in recognition of the contributions made by all people of Scottish heritage to the development of the United States of America. God Bless America “Every line of strength in our history is a line coloured by . . . — — Map (db m90105) HM |
| On Passaic Avenue (County Route 699), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Dedicated to the memory of Sir William Wallace The Great Scottish Patriot and Hero who fought for freedom for his countrymen and gave his life in this noble cause. David A. Wallace A Scottish immigrant who had served his community and . . . — — Map (db m90104) HM |
| On Paterson Plank Road (County Route 681) at John Street, on the left when traveling west on Paterson Plank Road. |
| | For God and Country
in memory of
Joseph Hassenforder,
who made the supreme sacrifice
and in honor of the boys of
Secaucus
who served their country
in the World War
1917 ––– 1918
Erected by the citizens
of . . . — — Map (db m25515) HM |
| On Paterson Plank Road (County Route 681) at John Street, on the left when traveling west on Paterson Plank Road. |
| | In loving memory
of our war dead
These members of the
United States Armed Forces
gave their lives in World War II
to preserve us a free nation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Armondo A. Alvino • Thomas G. . . . — — Map (db m25519) HM |
| On Bergenline Avenue at 31st Street, on the right when traveling south on Bergenline Avenue. |
| | Born in the tenement and raised on these streets of West Hoboken – (Union City), Pietro di Donato would later go on to pen the classic novel CHRIST IN CONCRETE in 1939. On Good Friday, 1923, di Donato’s bricklayer father was . . . — — Map (db m96975) HM |
| On Hamilton Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Upon this stone rested the head of the patriot, soldier, statesman, and jurist Alexander Hamilton, after the duel with Aaron Burr. — — Map (db m7332) HM |
| On JFK Blvd. East at Liberty Place, on the right when traveling north on JFK Blvd. East. |
| | From 1891-1894, the Eldorado Amusement Park, set atop the Weehawken Palisades thrilled thousands of visitors from New York City and surrounding New Jersey locales. Conceived by Hungarian entrepreneur Bolossy Kiralfy, the 15-acre site encompassed the . . . — — Map (db m88923) HM |
| On Hamilton Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1832, James Gore King (1791-1853), a New York banking magnate and son of statesman Rufus King, moved his family here to Weehawken, overlooking the Hudson. King was an early president of the Erie Railroad and served in the US Congress from . . . — — Map (db m66642) HM |
| On Hamilton Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The most famous duel in American History took place on this date at the dueling grounds in Weehakken, between political rivals, General Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President of the United States, Colonel Aaron Burr. Hamilton fell mortally . . . — — Map (db m7333) HM |
| On Hamilton Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Somewhere below this site, on a wooded ledge twenty feet above the Hudson River, lay the dueling grounds. Among the many known and unknown duelists who fought here were Governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Secretary of the Treasury, . . . — — Map (db m7334) HM |
| On JFK Blvd. East at Hudson Place, on the right when traveling north on JFK Blvd. East. |
| | 1950 Korea 1953
1958 Vietnam 1975
Salvatore P. Cemelli
Lawrence Mahurter
Peter Progopio — — Map (db m88924) WM |
| On Port Imperial Blvd at Baldwin Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Port Imperial Blvd. |
| | Access to the Global Marketplace
Weehawken's history was influenced by two geographic features: the Hudson River and the Palisades. The town's location along the river provided a tremendous economic trade opportunity as it facilitated access . . . — — Map (db m88426) HM |
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