Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rutherford, New Jersey
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Rutherford is in Bergen County
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m54236) HM
Lafayette and Harriet (nee Henon) Hoage are believed to be the first African-American family to settle here in 1868. In 1872, they built this vernacular Italianate house where their seven children were born. During the Civil War, Lafayette aided a . . . — — Map (db m192737) HM
1760 1961 In honor of John Rutherfurd 1760 – 1840 U.S. Senator from N.J. 1791 – 1798 American patriot and statesman for whom this borough was named. Part of his estate, Edgerston Manor, so named after the family seat in . . . — — Map (db m54154) HM
This eternal flame is dedicated to all Rutherford Veterans of War. May they never be forgotten. Dedicated this 11th day of November, 2008 — — Map (db m54690) HM
We built this monument for the men of Rutherford so their sacrifice shall never be forgotten and that their unconquerable spirit shall never die . . . . Now, let us push forward and build the kind of America in which they would have liked to live. . . . — — Map (db m54195) WM
To Rutherford’s glorious dead in the World War August 1, 1914 November 11, 1918 United States declared war April 6, 1917 Monument erected May 1920 Herbert Alexander Barrows • John Frederick Bauer • Harry Clifford Bigelman, Jr. • Herbert Alyea . . . — — Map (db m54150) HM
Route 3 Bridge at the Passaic RiverThe Route 3 Bridge over the Passaic River, completed in 1949, was a 7-span, 699 foot long, 76 foot wide, double leaf bascule, simple trunnion movable bridge. It consisted of a twin-double leaf main span, two . . . — — Map (db m83168) HM
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
Pro Patria
Erected by
the school children and
citizens of Rutherford
under the . . . — — Map (db m6823) HM
