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And don't forget the late and great General Enoch Poor of Revolutionary War fame. Although he was originally from New Hampshire, he died in or around Hackensack and is buried in the cemetery next to the Old Church on the Green. There are those who say he died of fever while other historians give weight to the legend that he died in a duel over a prostitute. The general's statue / monument stands in the roadway just east of the Green. Due to the fact that the statue stands looking over the  Bergen County Courthouse, old Homer gives weight to the prostitute angle.

In the late 1970's or early 1980's, the former National Tavern next to the Breslin and Breslin building on lower Main Street was replaced by General Poor's Retreat.