On Saturday, Dec. 2, the Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department held its 20th commemoration of the Affair at Cedar Bridge, at the historic Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat Township.
Ocean County Historian Tim Hart said the actual battle took place on Dec. 23, 1782, when Loyalists, led by Capt. John Bacon, and Patriots, led by Capt. Richard Shreve, faced off in the woods near the tavern, which remains standing and is regarded as the oldest tavern in New Jersey.
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