Polifly

Polifly is a New Jersey historical marker in on plot of land adjoining old Colonial, Bergen County, dedicated 1937.

Bergen County · dedicated 1937 · On Terrace Ave. just west of ramp loading down to Route 2 at Hasbrouck Heights, on plot of land adjoining old Colonial · location approximate

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Nov. 21, 1776, George Washington and his troops passed through Polifly, now Hasbrouck Heights, on their retrat from Hackensack, turning on Washington Place toward Passaic. August, 1783, Washington used this route from Newburg to Princeton.

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Polifly

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