LEMOINE AVENUE OVERPASS
GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE
FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY

New Jersey, New York and other state Meetup groups to hold a rally for Dr. Ron Paul on the Lemoine Avenue overpass.

Participants to meet at Fort Lee municipal lot two blocks southwest of the rally at 10:30am.

Speakers to include Assemblyman Mike Doherty and Murray Sabrin.

After the rally, we will meet at Ft. Lee Monument Park, where the Ft. Lee Museum is located, http://www.fortleenj.....

From the Borough of Ft. Lee website:

Monument Park was built and dedicated in 1908 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. General John "Black Jack" Pershing was on hand for the dedication. The park was part of the original Fort Constitution of the Continental Army under the leadership of General George Washington. Over 2,600 troops were stationed in and around the Monument Park area. In 2004, the park was reconstructed for the Fort Lee Centennial Celebration. A time capsule was placed at the foot of the monument, to be opened at the Bicentennial Celebration in the year 2104. Monument Park is the only park in the United States that is dedicated to the soldiers of the American Revolution.

Thomas Paine wrote of his experiences in Fort Lee in his famous work ?The American Crisis?. As he wrote of summer soldiers and sunshine patriots, British troops crossed the Hudson and forced a retreat of Washington?s army on November 20, 1776. The departure of Washington?s troops down Main Street was the beginning of the most successful military retreat in history. Washington secured safe passage for the remnants of his army out of New Jersey. This led to the successful crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas Eve of 1776.