October 21, 2024
NJ Hessians: Truth & Lore 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Schenk Lodge at House of the Good Shepherd 798 Willow Grove St., Hackettstown
During the American Revolution, Britain hired German troops to fight colonists. Legend cast them as cold and vicious mercenaries, many had little choice but to fight. Stories of their exploits still circulate in New Jersey, from the “Headless Hessian of the Morristown Swamp” to the mysterious “Ramapo Mountain People.”
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