Here the British Turned

At the time of the battles of June 7 and 23, 1780, British forces turned here into Galloping Hill Road from Elizabethtown toward Connecticut Farms and Springfield. Washington later said of the New Jersey militia, “They flew to arms universally, and acted with a spirit equal to anything I have seen during the war.” Near this spot, a son of Gen. William Crane is said to have been bayoneted to death by British soldiers.

Roselle Park, New Jersey · United States