Children’s Events
- Thursday, June 25th 6:30 pm, Kit’s Interactive Theatre presents : The American Revolution (1776)
- Recommended for Ages 8+.
- Abigail Datchery and fiery Sam Adams recount the turbulent Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and other events that sparked the War for Independence.
- Thursday, July 2nd 10:30 am Stage a Story presents: Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish by Beth Ferry
- Let’s have a 250th birthday bash!! We will act out what it might be like to be 250 years old, dance to music that is 250 years old, and we will make birthday crowns perfect for a 250th celebration!
- Recommended for ages 3 – 8.
- To be scheduled, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution presents “Patriot Chest”
- NJSSAR members have extensive corporate knowledge of the events and issues surrounding the American Revolution and the creation of the U.S. Constitution. We are available to make class presentations (even in uniform), provide original documents, and “hands-on” items to engage students. As part of our classroom programs, we have developed a presentation called a “Patriot Chest,” an innovative program that involves showing students Revolutionary War-era items (replicas) in a chest that were used by soldiers, their families, and others in the late 18th century. A uniformed SAR member and possibly a DAR member in period dress show the items to the class, ask the students what they think they are used for, explain the items, and (for several items) pass them around for the students to inspect with their own hands.
Teen Events
Adult Events
- Tuesday, June 23rd, History Quiz Show
- See a panel of local Hamiltonians answer American and Hamilton history questions. Panelists include Mayor Jeff Martin, HS history teacher, and more to come!
All Ages Events
- New Jersey Daughters of the American Revolution, The Watson House
- Revolutionary War New Jersey – Hamilton
- Hamilton-Van Wagoner House
- Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hamilton Township, New Jersey
- Preserving New Jersey’s History: Exploring the John Abbott II House
- The Historical Society of Hamilton Township (Mercer County), New Jersey
- Hamilton Township History
- Township of Hamilton
- From settlers to soldiers, Hamilton is home to a rich history
News Articles (click to expand)
Pearson Cemetery (click to expand)
- Mercer 250: Mercer County has launched a website – Mercer 250, (250.mercercountynj.gov) – as a resource to connect both residents and tourists with Mercer’s rich history.
- An official partner of RevolutionNJ, Mercer 250 is a project of the Mercer County Division of Tourism. The agency has been, and will continue to, work extensively with local historical societies and nonprofits, the business community, municipal partners, and members of the community to bring the wide range of activities available to residents and visitors over the months, and years, to come.
- RevolutionNJ
- Alexander Hamilton Historic Sites
- 5 Revolutionary War Sites in New Jersey to Visit with Kids
- Alexander Hamilton’s Garden State Legacy
- Hamilton History Tour of NJ: Part I
- The Schuyler-Hamilton House
- Schuyler-Hamilton House
- Crossroads of the American Revolution
- The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- New Jersey Family magazine
- Hamilton, NJ 250th
- Obelisk Trail Map
- Spirit of ’76: The Bicentennial – New Jersey State Museum
- Revolutionary Lives: Living the American Experiment Then and Now – TRAVELING exhibition,
- March 24-April 7 at Millville Historical Society and Bayonne Public Library
- April 10 – 24 at Perth Amboy Historic Preservation Commission and Newark Public Library
- Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes and Gardens (series)
- Grand Homes & Gardens: Middleton Place Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton, April 16 at 6pm
- Nursery of Rebellion – Firestone Library, Princeton University, April 15-July 12
- Five Independent Souls – Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton, May 1-December 31
- Freedoms Reframed: Art on the Edges of the Constitution – Trent House Museum, Trenton, June 13-July 12
- Museum of the American Revolution
- museum passes available at the Circulation Desk
- “Ken Burns’ The American Revolution” – PBS, streaming on PBS.org & PBS app
- “Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution” – PBS, streaming on PBS.org & PBS app
- “A More Perfect Union” – PBS, streaming on PBS.org & PBS app
- “Benjamin Franklin” – streaming on PBS.org & PBS app
- “America 250: Exploring the American Story” – C-SPAN/C-SPAN2, streaming on C-SPAN.org, C_SPAN Now app, and YouTube
- “Franklin” series – AppleTV+
- “Revolution 250” – Revolution.org, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Spotify, Buzzsprout
- “Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution” – allthingsliberty.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher
- “American Revolution Podcast” – blog.amrevpodcast.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
- “America at 250” – Yale Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
- Hamilton’s New Jersey
- U.S. Revolutionary War History- Hamilton Schuyler House Morristown NJ
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