Editing Caldwell, New Jersey (section)

=== Historical facts ===
* [[George Washington]] and his staff made their way through the community during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. They stopped for lunch at the old stone house of Saunders Sanders, located near present-day Brookside Avenue, one of the two original settlers of Caldwell.<ref name=Minutes2014/>
* [[Marquis de Lafayette]] visited in 1824, featuring a celebration party at the Crane Tavern.<ref name="Minutes2014">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191103213201/http://www.caldwell-nj.com/filestorage/6399/291/460/Council_Business_4-15-2014_(web).pdf Council Business Meeting April 15, 2014], Borough of Caldwell. Accessed November 3, 2019. "Whereas, General George Washington and his staff stopped for lunch at Saunders Sanders stone tavern during the Revolution, and the militia met and drilled at the Green to set off from the green for the battles of Connecticut Farms, Springfield, and Monmouth under the leadership of Captain William Gould, and... Whereas, the Marquis de Lafayette visited Caldwell on a triumphal tour, celebrated at the Crane Tavern, and Caldwell was given the brass cannon on the green by Colonel Peter Decatur during that visit in 1824, and"</ref>
* About 1816, Elias B. Caldwell and family, Presbyterians, helped found [[Liberia]], a nation for free blacks, and the town of [[Caldwell, Liberia]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=x6s9AAAAYAAJ ''The African Repository''], p. 5. January 1868. Accessed February 12, 2022.</ref>
* During the 1928 Presidential campaign, [[Herbert Hoover]] visited the Grover Cleveland Birthplace with his wife.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1928/09/18/archives/hoover-in-appeal-to-labor-warns-against-tariff-cut-acclaimed-in.html "Hoover In Appeal To Labor Warns Against Tariff Cut; Acclaimed In Jersey Tour; 10,000 In Newark Hear Him Tells Workers They Owe Welfare to Policies of the Republicans. Stresses Immigration Bar Products and Wages Protected by Curb on Influx of Low-Paid Labor, Says Nominee. Hailed In Tour Of Towns Edisons Greet Candidate and His Wife in Essex County Ride --75,000 Cheer Them."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 18, 1928. Accessed July 31, 2013. "Another bright spot in the motor trip was a visit paid by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover to the birthplace of Grover Cleveland at Caldwell."</ref>
* Grover Cleveland lived the first four years of his life in Caldwell.
* In October 1897, a severe fire ripped through a large portion of Bloomfield Avenue, destroying buildings in its wake. These buildings were replaced, in part, by the Hasler Building, opposite the Presbyterian Church. This became Caldwell's first brick building.<ref name=Remembering />
* In, 1908 the Caldwell Public Library opened. It is one of 20 remaining [[List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey|Carnegie libraries in New Jersey]]. In 2022, Preservation New Jersey listed the library on its list of the state's ten most endangered historic properties.<ref>[https://www.preservationnj.org/listings/caldwell-public-library/ Caldwell Public Library], Preservation New Jersey. Accessed June 27, 2022. "From 1900 to 1923, Carnegie funded 36 libraries in New Jersey; 29 are still standing, including 20 still functioning as public libraries."</ref>
* In 1914, during a Fourth of July fireworks celebration, a bomb fell, injuring 20 people. Local churches raised funds to defray the medical bills of the injured.
* In 1968, Caldwell's ornate historic bronze dolphin handle cannon was stolen off the town green. The cannon had been given to the borough by Marquis de Lafayette, who was a friend of Caldwell. A poorly cast rusting iron replica cannon was constructed and was placed at the site.<ref name=Remembering>Collins, John J. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ePDgbKf1K8UC&pg=PA120 ''Remembering the Caldwells''], p. 120. [[Arcadia Publishing]], 1998. {{ISBN|0-7385-4543-0}}. Accessed July 31, 2013. "The cannon on the green is a replica of the original cannon presented to Caldwell by Gen. Marquis de Lafayette. The original mounted cannon was stolen in 1968."</ref>
* On July 14, 1974, the landmark Park Theatre was destroyed by fire.<ref>[http://cpllocalhistorycollection.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/228/ The Park Theater Fire], The Caldwell Green — an online exhibit of items from the Gene Collerd Local History Collection at the Caldwell Public Library, December 23, 2013. Accessed August 20, 2014.</ref>