Warren County commissioners unveiled a new portrait of Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren during a recent session, marking a significant moment in the county’s bicentennial celebration.

The artwork, created by local artist Jeff Echevarria, now hangs in the Wayne Dumont Jr. Administration Building’s meeting room.

“We are excited that as part of our county’s Bicentennial Year we are helping today’s residents and those of the future to remember this important patriot, our county’s namesake, Dr. Joseph Warren,” Commissioner Lori Ciesla said.

Though Warren never visited northwest New Jersey, the county adopted his name when it separated from Sussex County in 1825, 50 years after his death. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay, in 1741, Warren played a crucial role in the early American R

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