Hunterdon County Tricentennial Celebration

Welcome to the County of Hunterdon's Tricentennial Celebration website. Please visit often as we update this site daily. We are planning many special events, lectures, tours, fundraisers and more. Join us as we celebrate our 300th Year.

Our office which is located at 3 Chorister Place in Flemington, NJ (just off of Main Street adjacent to the Flemington Borough Police Department) and is open to the public on Saturdays only from 10am to 2pm.

SOME EVENTS WILL REQUIRE RESERVATIONS, ALTHOUGH MOST ARE FREE. Reservations will be taken on a first come first served basis. Reservation information will be posted 3 to 4 weeks prior to each event.

Tickets for June - Available... See What's Available On-Line or you can pick them up at the Tricentennial Headquarters, located at the Flemington Choir School, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington, NJ 08822
Hunterdon County Community Day Saturday June 21st - South County Park - 12pm to 8pm Don't miss this GREAT EVENT for the Entire Family - Sponsored by the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Hunterdon County Tricentennial Celebration
Gebhardt & Kiefer, Donate Saplings Shade Tree Commission Chair John Anderson is joined by his son Michael and volunteers Carolyn Sepkowski & Alla Dmytrieva as they help plant 130 saplings at South County Park in celebration of National Arbor Day. The trees were donated by the law firm of Gebhardt & Kiefer, celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. The Shade Tree Commission will be planting 300 trees in 2014.
County Historian Stephanie Stevens On June 4th, County Historian Stephanie Stevens will hold a lecture on the Historiy of Hunterdon Women and the Women of Hunterdon. Space is still available!
A Click In Time Photo Contest For Kids. An Event Sponsored by the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission in Honor of the Hunterdon County Tricentennial.
Quarkertown Walking Tour Historians and Artists Dan and Marty Campanelli pose iwth historic Hunterdon Samplers (from their lecture on May 7th). Join the Campanelli's on their Walking tour of Quakertown on September 20th.
Events for Hunterdon's Youth Sign your children up today for Kim Chiefer's next Historic Craft Project for children, "Victorian Moving Picture Craft" on June 21st. 8 year old Sienna Brook played dress up at "Historian Hunting for Hunterdon's Young Historians this past winter.
The First 300 Years... of Hunterdon County, 1714-2014. Published by the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission for the Hunterdon Tricentennial Committee. This new paperback has chapters from agriculture, to transportation; government to parks. It an important part of your Tricentennial memorabilia as well as Hunterdon book collection! $10 Each.
Happy Birthday Hunterdon See photos from our Official 300th Birthday Celebration held on Saturday, March 22. Parade, Cake, Fireworks and more...
Life in Hunterdon.... 1714, 1814 & 1914. Union Township Middle School 7th grader Christopher Dyson models what he would have worn and learns how he would have lived in Hunterdon County on March 22, 1714 in a talk given by County Historian Stephanie Stevens. Stephanie will be continuing the series of Life in Hunterdon in both 1814 on September 9th and 1914 on October 9th.
3 Panel Mural - a Work in Progress 300 Years of Hunterdon Illustrative 3 Panel Mural - Panel 2 in Progress 1800s by Paul Jennis
300th Anniversary Photo Contest Be a Part of Hunterdon's History
Photographic Essay Celebrating Hunterdon at the Tricentennial by Walter Choroszewski Hunterdon in my Heart
Join Kingwood Historian and Revolutionary War Re-Enactor Sal DeSapio at one of his 300th lectures: August 27th, October 21st or December 3rd. See our Calendar of Events for Details
Celebrate Our 300th and Join the Hunterdon County Historical Society. Click image for additional information.
Artist Dan Campanelli signs his limited edition prints BLUE SKIES ; of the historic County Court House Limited Edition Prints of Blue Skies
Teaberry's Tea Shop located in Flemington served up an amazing assortment of treats popular during the Civil War period. The 300th will be celebrating both the holidays and the end of our special celebratory year with a special afternoon tea at Teaberry's on December 27th
Anne and Ridley Enslow received a standing ovation for the performance of both entertaining and often poignant Civil War period music." The Enslows will be performing Christmas music heard at the time of the Revolutionary War on December 20th.