State officials have been meeting in hopes of preparing the Garden State for the big birthday bash in 2026.
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“This is the area where George Washington and his troops spent more time than anywhere else,” said Sherrill, of Montclair. “In fact, I often joke with leader Hakeem Jeffries that the troops were really getting their butts handed to them in Brooklyn, but it was the New Jerseyans that turned [the British] back and turned the tide of the war.”U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill .
The war's turning point is thought to have occurred when Washington’s troops rowed across the Delaware River from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, and then surprised the British in Trenton and Princeton, winning key battles there.
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