Tragedy erupted two days after Christmas in 1782, near a Pinelands tavern in Barnegat Township. History would later record it as the last skirmish of the Revolutionary War. Re-enactments are open to the public at the restored Cedar Bridge Tavern site on Old Halfway Road, Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m.

This is the 239th anniversary of the Skirmish at Cedar Bridge.