File:Temporary Headquarters marker, Cranetown, NJ.jpg

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English: Site of William Crane House, temporary headquarters of General George Washington on October 26, 1780.
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This boulder which lay from time immemorial
on this site near the turn of the old road
marks the location of a house used by
General George Washington
as temporary headquarters
on October 26, 1780
while on the march from Totowa now Paterson
to support Lafayette’s expedition against
the enemy on Staten Island

In commemoration of that event
this tablet is erected by the
Eagle Rock Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the
Montclair Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
October 26, 1922

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”

Camera location40° 49′ 13.79″ N, 74° 13′ 15.96″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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