Bear Tavern Road
"All our hopes were blasted by
that unhappy affair at Trenton"
— Lord George Germain, British Colonel Secretary
Bear Tavern Road
Historic route of
Continental troops to Trenton where
Washington achieved his famous victory
over Rahl's Hessian Brigade of the
British Army, December 26, 1776
Known in colonial times as
The Lower, or River Road
(The existing River Road was not laid out until 1834)
Tablet erected by
General Mercer Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
Road constructed 1930 by
Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Marker is on Bear Tavern Road (County Route 579) 0.1 miles south of Jacobs Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
