General George Washington and the Continental Army spent almost half the American Revolution in New Jersey. During two critical winters of the Revolutionary War, 1777 and 1779, the countryside in and around Morristown, New Jersey, sheltered the main encampments of the American Continental Army.
Ford Mansion - This large Georgian style home was built in the early 1770's for Jacob Ford, Jr., an iron manufacturer. Mr. Ford also served as a colonel in the Morris County Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Ford died in January 1777 while 35 soldiers from Delaware were briefly quartered in the house. In December 1779, Mr. Ford's widow, Theodosia, allowed General Washington to use her home as his headquarters during the winter of 1779-1780. While Mrs. Ford and her four children moved into two rooms of the house, General Washington, his wife Martha, five aides-de-camp, eighteen servants, a number of visiting dignitaries and sometimes guards took over the rest of the house.
The Ford Mansion
New Jersey was home to a series of decisive events in the war for independence From 1775 to 1783. Strategically located between the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and the British Army in New York, and midway between the New England colonies and the American South. New Jersey was the spot where Patriots, Tories, British and Hessians maneuvered; where Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth witnessed dramatic American victories; and where the Continental Army endured the hardest winter of the century.
George Washington's equestrian statue
George Washington's equestrian statue by the American sculptor Frederick Roth located across the Ford Mansion, Washington's Headquarters, in Morristown, New Jersey. It was commissioned by philanthropist E. Mabel Clark to commemorate General George Washington's importance to the history of the city. The bronze sculpture was dedicated on October 19, 1928, the anniversary of the surrender of British General Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.
After the battles of Trenton and Princeton, George Washington picked the Ford Mansion and Jockey Hollow in Morristown, NJ as the site of his winter encampment for the Continental, where they remained from January 6 to May 28, 1777. Now the National Park Service manages Washingtons Headquarters Museum.
George and Martha Washington arrive at The Ford Mansion
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#1. ANSWER A QUESTION: Across the street from The Ford Mansion sits the Statue of General George Washington, This statue was done by FG Roth of Englewood, NJ, who was one of the great American sculptors of the 19th century. To log your visit, find the name near the rear leg of George Washington's horse. The CC code will be the middle initial after the name Fon.
#2. PHOTOS Take TWO photos, ONE of you at the front of Washington's HQ/Ford Mansion and ONE of you with the George Washington equestrian Statue.
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