2016 brings us the 240th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War so the Hunterdon 300th will be bringing you an amazing lecture and tour series about The Revolutionary War in Hunterdon!  EVERYTHING we do next year will be NEW! NO REPEATS! All new lectures and tours!  

AND WE ARE INVADING MERCER COUNTY-- that is, the portion that once was Hunterdon County in 1776!  

One of our more anticipated events in 2016 is an an extensive visit to the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton (once Hunterdon's County Seat). Originally built in 1758 during the French and Indian War, the Old Barracks were used by American soldiers when the Revolutionary War first started.  In 1776, British and Hessian soldiers (hisssss) troops occupied Trenton and some were housed there along with some Loyalists.  When General Washington and his army made his surprise attack (yay!) after crossing the Delaware River the Americans took back the Barracks and used it until 1781.

WE HOPE TO HAVE OUR ENTIRE 2016 CALENDAR OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN HUNTERDON COUNTY LECTURE AND EVENT SERIES SET BY LATE NOVEMBER AND OUT TO YOU SO YOU CAN INK IN YOUR CALENDARS AND NOT MISS ANY OF THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT!

Here's a little sneak peak:

February 16: Black Slaves and Soliders of the American Revolution
March 8: History Mapping the American Revolution
March 12: Children's Historical Craft Project: Corn Husk Toys, Lenape Medicine Pouch & More!
April 2:  Hearth Cooking Demonstration & Lunch
April 19:  Daily Life in 1776, What was 18th Century Charmin? and More Answers to Questions You Never Asked!
April 26:  Hunterdon's Revolutionary War History Thru Art:  The Tercentennial Mural Panel 1
April 30:  Children's Chat and Play:  A Child's Life in the Days of George Washington and Games of the 18th Century
May 17:  The Revolutionary War in Pittstown
June 7: Washington's Crossings and Battles in Hunterdon
June 14:  The Flags of the American Revolution
September 6:  Mapping Where Washington Slept
September 13:  The Potterstown Skirmish
October 18: 18th Century Women’s Fashion Show
November 5:  Revolutionary War Cemetery Tour South
November 12:  Revolutonary War Cemetery Tour North
December 3:  The Skirmish of Geary’s Ridge
December 10:  Tavern Tour at the Historic Glen Gardner Inn, Now Humphrey's Tavern

Other events planned include: A Tour of Washington Crossing State Park (PA and NJ); Hunterdon Returns to Trenton Bus Tour; The Crossings and Battles of Trenton Lecture; The Lowerys: Town and Country; Vought House Tour and Talk, Military Fashions and Arms and more!