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2008 Marks Key Anniversaries in New Jersey and the Nation’s Revolutionary War history!

OLD BARRACKS MUSEUM CELEBRATES 250 YEARS
In 2008, the Old Barracks Museum celebrates the 250th anniversary of the building’s construction. When built in 1758, the Barracks was the largest building in Trenton.

In honor of the 250th Anniversary, the Museum will hold a Semiquincentennial Ball on April 26, 2008, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Old Barracks Museum, then a procession led by the Old Barracks Fife & Drum Corps to the Trenton War Memorial where guests will dine and dance.

Be sure to check out the Old Barracks Museum’s updated website, www.barracks.org today and throughout 2008 for up-to-date news about anniversary events and programs!

THE 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY OF PARIS
While the surrender of British General Cornwalis at Yorktown effectively ended the combat, the Revolutionary War wasn’t officially over until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. When news arrived that the Treaty had been signed, the Continental Congress was sitting in Princeton, New Jersey.

Throughout 2008 the 1783 Treaty of Paris Committee is planning numerous events and exhibits in the Princeton area to celebrate the signing of this historic Treaty that recognized the 13 American colonies as free and sovereign states. Find out more at: www.revolutionaryprinceton.org

This Fall, the Library and Archives of Canada and the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States are partnering for the first time on an 8-month exhibit featuring the rarely-seen American copy of the Treaty and many other valuable archival treasures. The exhibit opens at the National Archives’ Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery in Washington D.C. on the anniversary date of the treaty’s signing, September 3 and will run through January 5, 2009.

MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IS 75!
On March 2, 1933, Morristown became the National Park Service’s third historic park, and the first to receive the title ‘National Historical Park’. Comprised of four distinct areas— Washington Headquarters Museum and adjacent Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow, the New Jersey Brigade Ground and the site of Fort Nonsense, Morristown NHP uniquely captures both the epic and the mundane aspects of the Revolutionary War – from the plans and strategies hammered out in the dignified Ford Mansion, to the logistics of wintering 10,000 common soldiers in brutally cold Jockey Hollow.

In 2008, the Park will kick-off its 75th anniversary with a series of events on President’s Day Weekend, February 16-18. Contact the Park at (973) 539-2016, ext. 210 for more information, or visit the Morristown National Historical Park’s website.