Bergen's Key Role in the Revolution ; Book Proves It Is a Hotbed of History

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History always has the last laugh.

Thanks to a new book, "The Revolutionary War in Bergen County: The Times That Tried Men's Souls," we can now share one of its better jokes: that Gen. George Washington's name would be forever linked to that of Maj. Gen. Charles Lee, whose namesake town Fort Lee is the western entrance to the George Washington Bridge.

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Bergen's Key Role in the Revolution ; Book Proves It Is a Hotbed of History

The two men hated each other.

"Washington had him court-martialed for disobeying orders at the Battle of Monmouth," says Leonia historian Carol Karels, who conceived and edited the new book (History Press, Charleston, S.C.).

Bergen C...

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