A section of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War was stationed on the western slopes of Quaker Hill from September 16 to November 28, 1778. On October 17, 1778, the Great Barbecue occurred on the hillside across this road, commemorating the first anniversary of the surrender of the British under Gen. Burgoyne to the Americans at Saratoga, New York. General George Washington led the parade from his headquarters at the John Kane house. Among the officers present were Major Generals Gates, Greene, McDougall, Baron Steuben, Baron DeKalb, Brigadier Generals Nixon, Parsons, Smallwood, Knox, Hand, Patterson, and Wayne. Sky rockets and cannon were discharged in honor of the celebration.