Washington Crossing Sprint Duathlon
Saturday, April 16
8:00 am
Benefits Crossroads of the American Revolution
Washington Crossing State Park
355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Rd
Titusville, NJ 08560-1517
The duathlon will take place
in the area General George Washington and his 2,400 Colonial
troops made their historic night crossing of the choppy,
icy Delaware River on December 25, 1776. They landed at Johnson's
Ferry (now known as Washington Crossing State Park) and by
4 am began their march to Trenton to defeat the surprised
mercenary Hessian troops. The victory of the Second Battle
of Trenton occurred a week later on January 2, 1777. Washington
led his men on a route the biking portion of the duathlon
very closely resembles when they marched to Princeton to
defeat the British there on January 3, 1777.
For more information, to volunteer, and to register for the Washington Crossing Sprint Duathlon, please visit http://dqtridu.com/wash.htm.
Revolutionary Times Weekend
Morristown Area
April 15, 16 and 17, 2011
Check out the complete Schedule of events
happening in the Morristown Area 
Executive Director Search
The Crossroads of the American Revolution Association is seeking an experienced, results-oriented executive director to build awareness for and promote preservation of the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area (NHA). The executive director will work to increase the governance and administrative capacity of organization in order to address the priorities of the recently adopted management plan.
Click here for details
Crossroads NHA Fifth Anniversary Event
Dr. Clement A. Price, Keynote Speaker
and
Crossroads Video Premiere
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:00: Light Refreshments
6:15 - 7:30: Program
Edward J. Bloustein School Auditorium
33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
Dr. Clement A. Price will give the keynote address, “The Long Reach of the American Revolution, 1776-1865” and the other highlight of the evening will be the premiere of the Revolutionary Discovery Centers video project. The videos tell compelling stories of New Jersey’s major role in the Revolutionary War. The event is free and everyone is welcome.
Directions
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area and Association
"Revolutionary New Jersey was a society with remarkably contemporary overtones. It was a diverse mix…"
Thomas Fleming
All told, New Jersey played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. Washington’s main army spent nearly six years on New Jersey soil, wintering three times in the Watchung Mountains, including important encampments at Morristown, Middlebrook and Pluckemin. The Continental Congress, which had been forced to flee Philadelphia, was meeting in Princeton when news reached it, in late 1783, that the Treaty of Paris had been signed, formally ending the war. More>>
Heritage Area Happenings
Revolutionary
War Encampment and Fife and Drum Show
Saturday, October 8, 2011
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine
Haddon Heights will host a Revolutionary
War Encampment and Fife and Drum Show
Saturday, October 8, 2011, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine
North Park Drive off Station Avenue, Haddon Heights
The event is free. Click
for more information
Discover Revolutionary
New Jersey!
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Image Library
Tour the first four storyline galleries of the Crossroads online image library:
Together they span the period from November 1776 to June 1777. And set the stage as General George Washington pushed and pulled the battered remnants of his army across New Jersey, little realizing that this state would be the staging ground for victory. By the time victory was won and peace came in 1783, the fight for American independence had touched every corner of New Jersey. The state had become … the Crossroads of the American Revolution.
When completed, the image library will include fourteen – or more – storyline galleries that will weave together the stirring history of New Jersey’s role in the founding of our nation.
Acknowledgements: Photographs by Chase Heilman, an award-winning photographer, text by Michael Russell, teacher and Crossroads Association board member and web development by Robert Rosetta, President of AboutNewJersey.com. The Image Library was funded in part by grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Park Service’s Challenge Costshare Program.
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