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The general will see you now. And you, and you, and you. As a matter of fact, Gen. George Washington, first commander in chief of the Continental Army and first president of these United States, may end up seeing upwards of 200 people at his birthday ball Sunday at historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge. That’s a whole lot of hands that Hawthorne’s Rodger Yaden will be clasping in his white cotton gloves. But he’s game. “I’ll shake as many hands as are offered,” says Yaden, who has been doing a full-dress impersonation of the Father of Our Country,...

Reenactors offering food to hungry "soldiers" and visitors at Dey mansion during re-creation of Colonial times. The mansion originally was home to Col. Theunis Dey, commander of the Bergen County Militia. No one seemed to care that George Washington slept here, but visitors walking through the Dey Mansion in Wayne on Sunday were impressed with the living-history display.    More than a dozen volunteers were scattered throughout the three-story building, offering demonstrations of needlework, dancing, cooking over an open flame, woodcutting and even a doctor's duties in Revolutionary War days.    The special programs were in celebration of Presidents' Day, and...