{"id":30394,"date":"2024-07-04T22:47:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T02:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=30394"},"modified":"2024-07-06T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T19:10:41","slug":"fort-lee-historic-park-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetchocko.com\/?p=30394","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lee Historic Park – 4th of July – shots fired at NYC!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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views of the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee Historic Park<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Today we celebrated our country\u2019s Independence Day with musket demonstrations and a cannon firing in Fort Lee, NJ – a significant location of America\u2019s past and where George Washington\u2019s troops once were stationed and eventually had to retreat. Today\u2019s events weren\u2019t as stacked as the annual reenactment of the retreat of George Washington’s troops as the British army closed in on Fort Washington in NY & Fort Lee in NJ. The reenactment is usually held on the weekend before Thanksgiving. But still, the musket demo and the cannon firing was a great way to celebrate America\u2019s birthday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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a Flying Camp soldier from George Washington\u2019s militia & his best friend, mister musket <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a small 3 or 4lb cannonball cannon in foreground. 36lb cannonball cannon in middle. Mortar that is covered in the background . The middle cannon fire can reach the shore of manhattan <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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