History on the Hudson: 250 Years of Hudson County History - Battle of Bull's Ferry

The Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, in conjunction with the New Jersey Room of the Jersey City Free Public Library, presents a lecture series in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. For five months across the Spring and Summer of 2026, we will spend the first Thursday evening with a speaker on a wide range of Hudson County topics across our nation's first 250 years.

For the final event in the series, on September 3, Patrick Cullen presents:

Wayne's 1780 Attack on the Blockhouse

West New York historian Patrick Cullen will tell the story of Anthony Wayne's unsuccessful attack on the blockhouse that residents loyal to the British cause had constructed in what is now North Bergen and West New York. The story sheds light on the contested role of the heavily wooded areas of today's Hudson County as both side sought provisions in a "forage war."