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  • About
    • Visiting
    • Contact
    • Affiliates
    • Timeline of the Drake House
  • Events
    • Past Events
  • News
    • The Communiqué
  • Collection
    • Finding Aids >
      • Eliza Elvira Kenyon Papers, 1800-1911
      • Harold Family Papers, 1906-1995
      • Kenyon Gardens Association Records, 1916-1929
      • Plainfield Ephemera Collection, 1830-2017, with gaps
      • Plainfield Families Collection, 1761-1969, with gaps
    • Plainfield During WWI and the Influenza Pandemic Exhibit
    • Restoration
    • Medal Of Honor
    • Roll Call Of Honor
    • The Last Will & Testament of Isaac Drake, 1756
    • Ephemera
    • Donate To The Collection
  • Education
    • Historic Districts
    • Historic Places
    • Architectural Walk: VWB
    • Historic North Plainfield
    • Did You Know?
    • Links To The Past
  • Support Us
    • Shop
    • Other Ways Of Giving
    • Join Us
  • Español
    • Sucesos Pasados
    • Quiénes >
      • Visítanos
      • Contacto
      • Afiliados
    • Colección >
      • Restauración
      • Medalla De Honor
      • Pasó De Lista De Honor
      • Recuerdos Impresos
      • Donar A La Colección
    • Educación >
      • Distritos Históricos
      • Sitios Históricos
      • Paseo Arquitectónico: VWB
      • Plainfield Del Norte Histórico
      • ¿Sabías?
      • Vínculos Al Pasado
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      • Otras Formas De Dar
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2012 Events

Washington Rock Today

The Fall 2012 exhibit of Washington Rock was to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the monument which was erected in 1912, by the Contintental Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the people of Plainfield and North Plainfield.

In the Spring of 1777, George Washington was searching for an observation point in the first rim of the Watchung Mountains where he could watch British movements during the Revolutionary War. He rode up to John Vail's Farmhouse in Green Brook, New Jersey and found Edward Fitz Randolph, John  Vail's brother-in-law. He led General Washington up to the rock by way of what is now Warrenville Road and then along the top rim of the first ridge of the Watchung Mountains. From there he could observe the valley below.

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