Clement's Bridge
Hessians defeated at the Battle of Red Bank, October 22, 1777, returning by this road, are supposed to have thrown their bronze field pieces into Big Timber Creek near here. Some of their dead were buried in the Marple graveyard nearby.
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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission
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