Washington Passed Beneath this Tower
“There went with him a band of men whose hearts God had touched.” 1. Samuel 10:26.
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This tablet placed here by
The New Jersey Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution
on its twenty-fifth anniversary
commemorating the factthat Washington and his army, in November 1776, passed beneath the shadow of this tower in masterly retreat across New Jersey to the hills beyond the Delaware, where they gathered strength for the bold blows struck at Trenton and Princeton for American Independence, and in an acknowledgement of gratitude to Almighty God for His many blessings bestowed upon out nation.----------
March 7, 1914
Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Rector Street, on the left when traveling south on Broad Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
