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erroneously thought to have taken place at the Closter Landing in Alpine, then known as "Upper Closter Landing", and now the site of the Alpine Boat Basin and picnic area. The actual path used by the British later became a road used to bring farm goods from the Northern Valley to a dock at river level ("Huyler’s"), where there were also buildings until later in the 20th century. The Park trail follows the old farmers' road from the Shore Trail at the bottom to the top, where it connects with the Long Path.
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Peter Bourdette's sixteen-year-old son, also named Peter, provided assistance by direct use of the landing. During the week leading up to the evacuation of Fort Lee he rowed back and forth across the river gathering information for General Washington on the anticipated movements of the British
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In an effort to ambush Washington and crush the rebellion in the wake of the rebel's defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Fort Washington, Cornwallis marched his men up the cliffs of the Palisades via a rough path, and southward through the Northern Valley. The landing was long
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for a strategy session with his senior officers in charge of New York, who rowed to meet him. On November 16, 1776, George Washington witnessed the battle for New York from across the river on the bluff of Fort Lee, above Burdett's Landing.
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to summon all available troops and erect a fort on the west side of the Hudson River. Construction commenced in July 1776 on the new fort, to be called Fort Constitution.
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The fort was located on the western side of the road that led up the hill from the landing. Concurrently, Fort Washington was being built almost directly across the
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These twin forts were intended to protect the lower Hudson from British warships. At first, efforts were concentrated close to the water level near
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was placed at the foot of the monument, to be opened at the Bicentennial Celebration in the year 2104. Monument Park and Continental Army Plaza in
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when he passed time at Fort Lee. At this stage of the war the ferry operated as a supply line and the only link between Forts Lee and Washington.
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on November 19, 1776 marked the successful invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent general retreat of the
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to "clear the rebel troops from New Jersey without a major engagement, and to do it quickly before the weather changed."
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are the only parks in the United States dedicated to the soldiers of the American Revolution.
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forces. Well after dark on the night before the battle for New York at Fort Washington,
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Spring, John (2007). "The Invasion and the Myths Surrounding It". In Karels, Carol (ed.).
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A portrait of British warships attempting to pass between Fort Lee and Fort Washington
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quickly ordered the evacuation of the fort on the morning of November 20, 1776.
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In 2004, the park was reconstructed for the Fort Lee Centennial Celebration. A
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During Washington's retreat, which began along a road that is now Main Street,
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At the end of September 1776, Fort Constitution was renamed Fort Lee, for
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Chaining the Hudson: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution
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At the north end of the park there are two overlooks with views of the
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The Long Retreat: The Calamitous American Defense of New Jersey, 1776
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detailing the chevaux-de-frise between Fort Lee and Fort Washington
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appear to have lived in the area for thousands of years before the
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Reconstructed historic site in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
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The British Invasion & Washington's Retreat – Nov 20–21, 1776
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Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area
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The soldiers then began a hasty retreat west, crossing the
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and dedicated in 1908 at ceremony attended by General
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is located in Monument Park. which was created by the
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was rowed from Burdett's Landing to the middle of the
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on November 16, 1776. The Royal Navy controlled the
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Fort Lee Historic Park is located in Bergen County, New Jersey
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Coordinates
40°51′01″N 73°57′47″W / 40.8503°N 73.963°W / 40.8503; -73.963
bluff
Hudson Palisades
Burdett's Landing
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Native Americans
arrival of Europeans
George Washington
Fort Washington
Manhattan
Charles Lee
blockhouse
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
Upper Manhattan

Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War
Hudson Palisades
Hackensack Township, New Jersey
Fort Washington
Manhattan Island
George Washington

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