# AC600 - 2/21/1976, USA, Bicentennial Encampment Jockey Hollow National Park
Official Cover Pays Tribute to Revolutionary War Encampment Site
In the winter of 1779-1780, General George Washington and the entire Continental Army encamped at Jockey Hollow in New Jersey. Henry Wick, the owner of 1,400 acres allowed the soldiers to camp on his land and cut his trees for cabins and firewood. This Official Cover, issued by New Jersey's American Revolutionary Bicentennial Celebration Commission, commemorates the bicentennial of that encampment in the area now designated as Jockey Hollow National Park.
Official Cover Pays Tribute to Revolutionary War Encampment Site
In the winter of 1779-1780, General George Washington and the entire Continental Army encamped at Jockey Hollow in New Jersey. Henry Wick, the owner of 1,400 acres allowed the soldiers to camp on his land and cut his trees for cabins and firewood. This Official Cover, issued by New Jersey's American Revolutionary Bicentennial Celebration Commission, commemorates the bicentennial of that encampment in the area now designated as Jockey Hollow National Park.