PRINCETON, NJ Restaurant Dining Guide Announcement

Revolutionary War Weekend at Washington Crossing Park Oct 14 -15

Washington Crossing Park, Titusville, New Jersey

The non-profit group Washington Crossing Park Association of New Jersey announces its first Revolutionary War Weekend at Washington Crossing Park New Jersey October 14 and 15 from 10 am-4:00 pm each day.  This family-orientated educational event features a full weekend of live history demonstrations and lectures along with food, music and children’s activities.  In attendance each day will be George Washington himself to meet and greet visitors, along with a Town Crier to announce all of the exciting programs.

The weekend will tie together the Park’s history and its relationship to New Jersey’s role in the American Revolution with programming throughout each day of the event.  Revolutionary War reenactors will be camping on the shores of the Delaware next to the only remaining historic structure from the Crossing, the Johnson Ferry house.  Special tours of the Ferry House will be running all weekend, as will tours of the world-renowned Swan Collection of Revolutionary artifacts at the Park’s Visitors’ Center.

The event will feature blacksmith demonstrations, wood working, and illustrations of miniature toy soldier painting, as well as a Battle of Trenton War Game in the lobby of the Visitors’ Center. Children’s coloring and quill pen writing in the Stone barn is available each afternoon, and the best of the children’s art work will be featured on the Association’s web site after the event.  The Sullivan Grove Pavilion will be dedicated that weekend with its newly refurbished roof coordinated with donations through the Association. Special author lectures and readings by George Washington are also on the slate of events.

 A complete listing of weekend events and times will be available on the Association’s web site: www.wcpa-nj.org.  There is no fee to enter the Park for the weekend but the Association is requesting a donation of $10 per family to take part in the festivities in support of its mission to preserve, enhance and advocate for Washington Crossing Park. Donors will receive a special Crossing button for their donation.