Every Wednesday this summer, we will offer a boxed lunch add-on for our 11 a.m. guided house or garden tour. The boxed lunch will be served at noon following the tour. Lunch will be served at a picnic table in our lovely garden, which has been reserved just for you! Reservations for the boxed lunch […]
Re-enactment event held at The Trent House Museum Washington's and Rochambeau's Armies meet the Town in Trenton August 1781 Other activities going on all day from 10 am to 4 pm include: Camp setups of Le Regiment Bourbonnais (with demonstrations of card and dice games) and 1st Rhode Island (with display of equipment) Storytelling of […]
12-2PM in the Anne Louise Davis Room In December 1776, local Patriot Cornelius Vermeule allowed the construction of a militia post and fort on his plantation – the largest in the area. This encampment was key to protecting the southeastern flank of Washington’s Middlebrook encampment and played a noteworthy role in the 1777 Battle of […]
250 years ago even before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War “the whole of New Jersey” was a “campaign” for John Adams. The delegate from Massachusetts Bay for crossed New Jersey over four days from Friday, August 26 to Monday, August 29, 1774 on the way to the First Continental Congress at Carpenters Hall in […]
On Friday, September 6th, at 7:00 pm the Old Barracks will be hosting Tavern Night, a celebration of 19th Century Colonial American History. Enjoy savory hors-d’oeuvres as well as an open beer and wine bar all while immersing yourself in an 18th century tavern. Share drinks, play games, and learn dance steps to the most […]
Location: Prince Rodgers Cemetery on Foothill Road Parking & Reception at Green Knoll Volunteer Fire Company, 606 N. Bridge Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Reenactors of the 6th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops salute Prince Rodgers and Black Soldiers of the Civil War in the historic setting of Prince Rodgers Cemetery. The reception includes a special […]
Russ Dutcher will speak about New Jersey's Unknown Intelligence Network during and after the Ten Crucial Days campaign (December 25, 1776 – January 3, 1777). The presentation will be held in the Visitor Center Museum’s auditorium at 2:00 PM. The Visitor Center Museum will be open from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. featuring The Swan […]
Tour Historic New Bridge Landing, walk the site, and end in the Steuben House for cookies and ice tea for a quick tour. Free Parking across from the Meadow, noted on the bottom left. Only one block from the New Bridge Landing train stop on the Pascack Valley line out of Secaucus Junction. Dogs on […]
Check out this After-Hours event at the Indian King Tavern Museum! Donations suggested.
Join the Abraham Staats House for The Ghost Is Clear (GIC) Paranormal & “The Ghost Gal” Jennifer Norris Séance and Paranormal Investigation Evening at the Abraham Staats House! Join the Abraham Staats House for a unique opportunity to explore the paranormal … the evening will include group séances in the oldest section of the house, […]
Join the Princeton Battlefield Society for Young Patriot's Day! Demonstrations & drilling with the New Jersey Grays Talk with George Washington and Ben Franklin Demonstrations: Weaving, Woodworking, Colonial Spies, and 18th Century Medicine Artillery and Musket firing Information tables by area historical organizations and sites Tours of the Thomas Clarke House & Museum