Proprietary House Afternoon Tea
Proprietary House 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, New JerseyOn Sundays, June 16th & June 30th, Afternoon Tea will be served starting at 1 PM. $20 per person / Members $15. Advance reservations are suggested.
On Sundays, June 16th & June 30th, Afternoon Tea will be served starting at 1 PM. $20 per person / Members $15. Advance reservations are suggested.
On Sundays, June 16th & June 30th, Proprietary House will be open from 1 to 4 PM. Museum Tours available at 1 PM, 2 PM and 3 PM. Admission: Members - Free / Adults - $10 / Students - $5 / 12 & Under - Free.
Join a dramatic reading with historical discussion of New Jersey’s “Declarations of Independence” featuring documents of the Brunswick Convention of 1774, electing delegates from New Jersey to the First Continental Congress 250 years ago this summer, and the Provincial Congress of 1776. Admission is free. No registration is required. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1485397602357740/
On Thursday, July 4th at 12 Noon, Proprietary House will host an Independence Day open house reception. Brief comments by local dignitaries. Light refreshments. Gift Shop. Followed by a patriotic procession, departing from Proprietary House at 12:45 PM, to City Hall Circle for the City of Perth Amboy’s official Independence Day Ceremonies, which commence at 1 […]
Morristown National Historical Park will celebrate our Declaration of Independence with July Fourth activities beginning at noon on the park’s Washington’s Headquarters grounds, 30 Washington Place. The event will feature a variety of activities, including the promotion of Junior Ranger Programs and interactive demonstrations by reenactors from the 2nd New Jersey regiment. Visitors can join in singing […]
Dressed in colonial clothing and performing rousing period songs and stories, Matthew Dodd will take you back in time to the days of the American Revolution. Mr. Dodd sings and plays the guitar, banjo, mandolin and recorder throughout the show. The outdoor performance will take place at 2 PM at Sullivan’s Grove next to the […]
For Bastille Day follow the Marquis de Lafayette through New Jersey as aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War and as the Nation’s Guest during his Farewell Tour of 1824-25. Learn about upcoming events marking the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s Farewell tour beginning August 2024, and examine the evidence indicating whether or not “Lafayette […]
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Visit Revolutionary-era New Jersey at Somerset County’s living history event for the whole family! Explore a pop-up encampment, meet General George Washington and his valet, William “Billy” Lee, on horseback, […]
250 years ago in July 1774 Somerset County convened a committee of correspondence and 71 delegates from 11 of New Jersey’s 13 counties gathered in New Brunswick to appoint delegates […]