Texier House To Host Free Book Signing Event

Press release from the Borough Clerk:

March 11, 2022

“Historic Tales of Watchung” portrays the brave patriots, major league athletes, entertainers, scientists, and world class statesmen that have lived in Watchung. Few people have heard of the incredibly fierce battle of Short Hills fought in Edison, Scotch Plains and Plainfield. The defeated Americans moved their wagons full of wounded soldiers up Bonnie Burn Road and down Valley Road through Watchung on their way to Bridgewater. For many years afterward Bonnie Burn Road was called “Bloody Gap.” The entire supply column of Washington’s Continental Army was marched down Valley Road on the way to the great victory of Yorktown Virginia in 1781. The road was often used as it provided the security of being behind the first ridge of the mountains.

Additional information on the author (and the book) can be found here https://revolutionarydetective.com/ .

Admission is FREE and Donations to the Watchung Community Fund are greatly appreciated!

Funds received will help to offset the costs for display cases and materials of the Historical Committee’s Texier House Museum.

This press release was produced by the Borough Clerk. The views expressed here are the author's own.