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This free statewide calendar is open to all New Jersey organizers to share America 250 related events happening across the Garden State. From local history programs and reenactments to lectures festivals school events and community celebrations this is a central place for the public to discover what is happening in 2026 and beyond. Adding an event is easy and completely free. By contributing you help showcase New Jersey’s role in America’s story and make sure residents visitors educators and families can find and attend events in every county.
Check out our new interactive chart. Click on the top to see county events by month. Then click on on the detail in the month to see the actual events for that month. It’s really pretty smart. As new events get added, the chart automatically updates
We’ve also added key NYC, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, DC events tied to America 250
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Calendar View – New Jersey 250 Events
© Mr. Local History Project. Compiled and curated calendar. All rights reserved. Reuse or redistribution requires written permission. Attribution required.
New Jersey 250 Event Organizers – Add Your Event for Free
This free statewide calendar is open to all New Jersey organizers to share America 250 related events happening across the Garden State. From local history programs and reenactments to lectures festivals school events and community celebrations this is a central place for the public to discover what is happening in 2026 and beyond. Adding an event is easy and completely free. By contributing you help showcase New Jersey’s role in America’s story and make sure residents visitors educators and families can find and attend events in every county. If you have an event you’d like considered to post to the calendar – Click Here. It’s free and super easy. If you have a larger list – Here’s a simple spreadsheet to make multiple entries simple – Click Here
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Honoring America 250 with Mr. Local History
Podcast Corner: Honoring Jersey & American History for the 250th Anniversary
Views: 106 America’s 250th anniversary is not something that is coming soon. It is already underway. Across the country and here in New Jersey, America 250 and NJ250 programs have begun the long, multi year commemoration leading to 2026, inviting…
Westfield Builds a Lego Town to Celebrate America 250
Views: 269 On January 24, Westfield, New Jersey hosted a special America250 edition of its popular community program Build Westfield in LEGO, bringing families and residents together for a creative celebration of local and national history. Held at Westfield High…
Weird Facts about The Liberty Bell
Views: 366 In the mid-1700s Philadelphia wanted a bell with a voice strong enough to call people together. When the Liberty Bell first rang it was loud enough to turn heads across the city. Imagine a quieter world no engines…
Where IS the Declaration of Independence? Where it Should Be
Views: 196 A Memory of a Class Field Trip to Philadephia We love Jersey history, but Philly is right next door. In 2026, the United States marks 250 years since independence was declared. That declaration did not happen in a…
America 250: The Flag Design & Jersey’s Involvement
Views: 519 Mr. Local History finds itself back partnering with a New Jersey iconic business that has been one of the most historic in American History. As we expanded our Gift Shop collection with America 250 flags, it’s no surprise…
What Might Have Happened if General Lee Wasn’t Captured in Basking Ridge
Views: 554 In December 1776 the American rebellion was close to collapse. The Continental Army was shrinking as enlistments expired and morale sank to its lowest point of the war. British forces held New York and expected the uprising to…
1776 Delaware Crossing – Did You Know There were Three Crossings?
Views: 289 Watch a great video that shares the history of the Christmas Day crossing of the Continental Army and the surprise wins at Trenton and Princeton that built the confidence of men who would free the colonies from the…
Ring In America 250 with Jersey History Flair
Views: 462 Ring in America’s 250th anniversary with Jersey style, a bold new collection created exclusively for New Jersey’s Mr. Local History Project. Honor the state’s deep roots, iconic places, and proud role in the nation’s 250th anniversary. Over 60…
America 250 – Sharing Jersey History The Mr. Local History Way
Views: 4,520 It’s time New Jersey – America is 250, and Our Jersey History helped make America the free country it is today. Join The Mr Local History Project as we celebrate all year long. New Jersey holds a central…
America’s 250th Anniversary is Here – Looking Back at the Bicentennial… Jersey Style
Views: 3,912 It’s hard to believe the United States is beginning its 250th anniversary. That means it’s also been 50 years since the Bicentennial, and hopefully, almost everyone remembers that one. As this researcher was just 14 years old back…
Wreaths Across America – Saturday, December 13
Views: 83 The Mr. Local History Project Volunteers will be at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church and the Somerset Hills Cemetery in Basking Ridge this Saturday, December 13, 2025. If you’re in the area and would like to help, please…
The Flagship American Eagle & America’s 250
Views: 15,148 To a sailor, one of the most impressive sights is to see a classic tall ship under sail. It has to be one of the most remarkable sights ever. And if you want to take a trip aboard…
New Jersey Rev War Series Mr. Local History Project
Views: 11,729 New Jersey is known as the “Cockpit of the American Revolution” for a reason – because it was. More battles, more encampments, more strategies took place in New Jersey than in any other colony of the original thirteen.…
America 250: The Pluckemin Series – Now Go Tell America About This
Views: 1,596 “Pluck-em-in” and America 250 – Perfect Together. Get to know this Great American History Story Pluckemin, New Jersey, pronounced “PLUCK um in“, carries three enduring name stories. Some trace it to a Lenape word for persimmon tied to…
Operation Honor Roll To Indentify Bernards Twp. Armed Services Active Duty & Veterans
Views: 2,727 UPDATE: Volunteer as a researcher to help validate the list. Draft letters are being prepared to send to veteran organizations, and validation of the Bernards Township Honor Roll is underway. The initial list is now available online for…
Middlesex County Volunteer Fifes and Drums Corp Marches thru Morristown and Somerville
Views: 882 It’s been on our radar to prepare a post and video since one of the nation’s top fife and drum units made their march into New Jersey during a warm spell in July 2023. First in Morristown at…
Share Bedminster Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas
Views: 986 With America’s 250th anniversary just around the corner, there’s no better time to recognize great American history about what we’ve coined “The Greatest Story Never Told” about the American Revolution – The Academy that came 24 years before…
Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds His Mark
Views: 2,124 It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, as a very special guest came to tell his story about what has become a signature event in the history of the…
Basking Ridge’s Historic Rushmore 5 in American History
Views: 3,023 MLH Mini-Series: The Basking Ridge Rushmore 5 in American History What better way to preserve local history than by writing about people who have made Basking Ridge one of the most historic places in America to live? I’ve…
Independence Day – Kudos to New Jersey Signers #jersey5
Views: 17,632 The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment, and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it. Jefferson drafted the statement between June 11 and 28, submitted drafts to…
New Jersey’s Gift to America 250 – A July 4 Celebration You Must See
Views: 3,540 RAIN or SHINE – EVERY July 4th at 10:30 am – Join friends and family on Independence Day as the Washington Camp Ground Association honors the American flag, the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, and the reading…
The American Flag Means Liberty Corner’s Annin Family
Views: 15,437 Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The flag was immediately couriered to General Washington’s camp in a field just north of…
Rev War in Somerset County Means Middlebrook
Views: 7,410 Middlebrook is a know area in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey. We call it “Jersey’s Gift to America.” New Jersey is known as the “cockpit of the American revolution.” More battles were fought in…
Why EVERYONE Should Fly THIS American Flag & Don’t Ask Betsy Ross
Views: 10,484 Meet Francis Hopkinson – New Jersey signer #Jersey5 signer of the Declaration of Independence, who also designed, presented, and received the Continental Congress’s Approval as America’s First official flag on June 14, 1777, in Philadelphia. The Francis Hopkinson…
Lord Stirling’s Rev War Beacon Signal Towers
Views: 17,100 General Washington, the Continental Army, and General Lord Stirling of Basking Ridge drew inspiration from history and created a sophisticated communications network to track the British movement. They were called the “Beacons.” We start off with a classic…
Bedminster Township’s Vanderveer Knox House
Views: 12,248 UPDATE: July 31, 2025: A new Bedminster Township-led commission has taken over the property and its contents, creating a new mission to preserve and promote the Vanderveer House and Museum in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Learn More Bedminster’s…
Before the West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin
Views: 198,033 America’s First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy (Dec.1778) was 24 Years BEFORE West Point (Mar. 16, 1802). One of the greatest untold stories of the American Revolution.The Pluckemin Winter Cantonment, part of the overall Middlebrook Encampment of 1778-1779.…
1779 – Grand Alliance Ball – Pluckemin New Jersey
Views: 17,739 “The entertainment began with a discharge of 13 cannons at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.” The Grand Alliance Ball – Sunday, February 18, 1779 , Pluckemin, New Jersey Sunday, February 18, 1779 , Pluckemin, New Jersey One of…
NJ 250 Calendar Organizations
Updated: January 20,2026
• Allentown Village Initiative – Allentown
• America250 – New York City
• America250 National Commission – Washington
• America250 and DC250 Partner Organizations – Washington
• American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark – Haledon
• Atlantic County Cultural and Heritage Affairs – Egg Harbor City
• Belleville Historical Society – Belleville
• Bergen County Cultural and Heritage Affairs – Hackensack
• Bergen County Historical Society – Hackensack
• Bergen County NJ250 – Hackensack
• Bergen County Parks – Mahwah
• Bernards Township NJ250 – Basking Ridge
• Boston Symphony Orchestra – Boston
• Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum – Boston
• Burlington County Cultural and Heritage Commission – Mount Holly
• Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Sciences – Mount Holly
• Burlington County NJ250 – Mount Holly
• Cape May County Historical Society – Cape May
• City of Boston – Boston
• City of Burlington NJ250 – Burlington City
• City of New Brunswick NJ250 – New Brunswick
• City of Paterson NJ250 – Paterson
• City of Summit and Summit Free Public Library – Summit
• City of Trenton NJ250 – Trenton
• Common Sense 250 / RevolutionNJ – Glen Rock
• Connecticut Farms Church – Union Township
• Crossroads of the American Revolution – Multiple Towns
• Cumberland County NJ250 – Greenwich
• East Jersey Old Town Village – Piscataway
• Essex County Cultural and Heritage Affairs – Newark
• Essex County NJ250 – Newark
• Fairleigh Dickinson University – Teaneck
• Fort Billingsport and partners – Paulsboro
• Freedom Trail Foundation – Boston
• Friends of the Millburn Library – Millburn
• Great Falls National Historical Park – Paterson
• Heritage Trail Association – Bridgewater
• Heritage Trail Association / Raritan Valley Community College – Branchburg
• Historic Salem County – Lower Alloways Creek
• Historical Society of Moorestown – Moorestown
• History on the Green Organizers – Somerville
• Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission – Flemington
• Hunterdon County Historical Society – Lambertville
• Hunterdon County NJ250 – Flemington
• Indian King Tavern Museum / The Haddon Fortnightly – Haddonfield
• Liberty Hall Museum – Elizabeth
• Massachusetts 250 – Boston Area
• Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Affairs – Trenton
• Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission – New Brunswick
• Middlesex County NJ250 – New Brunswick
• Middletown America 250 Committee – Middletown
• Middletown Township / America 250 Partners – Middletown
• Middletown Township Historical Society – Middletown
• Middletown Township Public Library – Middletown
• Millburn 250 – Millburn
• Millburn Free Public Library – Millburn
• Millburn–Short Hills Historical Society – Millburn
• Miller Cory House Museum – Westfield
• MNHP, 2nd NJ, FoJH and WANJ – Morristown National Historical Park Jockey Hollow
• Monmouth County 250/Partners – Various
• Monmouth County NJ250 – Multiple Towns
• MonmouthNJ 250 Committee – Holmdel
• Morristown National Historical Park – Morristown
• Morris County / NJSSAR Suggested – Westfield
• Morris County 250 Committee – Historic Speedwell
• Morris County 250th Committee – Morristown
• Morris County Historical Society – Morristown
• Morris County NJ250 – Morristown
• Morris County Office of Historic Preservation – Multiple Towns
• Morris Museum – Morristown
• Mr Local History Project – Basking Ridge
• Museum of the American Revolution / Millburn Free Public Library – Virtual
• National Flag Foundation – Statewide
• National Park Service – Charlestown
• New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry – Trenton
• New Jersey Historical Commission – Trenton
• New Jersey State Museum – Trenton
• New Jersey State Parks – Multiple Towns
• New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance – Hillsborough
• NJ Department of State – Trenton
• NYNJ Trail Conference / Parks Partner Suggested – Fort Lee
• Old North Church – Boston
• Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council – Paterson
• Passaic County NJ250 – Paterson
• Passaic County Parks and Recreation – Wanaque
• Philadelphia250 – Philadelphia
• Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment Association – Basking Ridge
• Princeton Battlefield Society – Princeton
• Princeton University – Princeton
• Princeton University Library – Princeton
• Proprietary House Association – Perth Amboy
• Pushcart Players – Statewide
• Red Bank Battlefield Park – National Park
• Red Mill Museum Village – Clinton
• RevolutionNJ – Statewide
• Rumson Borough NJ250 – Rumson
• Rutgers Recreation / Morristown National Historical Park – Morristown
• Rutgers University – New Brunswick
• Sail 250 America – Boston
• Sail4th 250 – New York Harbor
• Seton Hall University – South Orange
• Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission – Somerville
• Somerset County Historical Commission – Bridgewater
• Somerset County Historical Society – Bridgewater
• Somerset County NJ250 – Somerville
• Somerset County Partner – Bedminster
• Somerset Patriots – Bridgewater
• Springfield Historical Society – Springfield
• Sussex County Historical Society – Andover
• The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms – Morris Plains
• Town of Somerville NJ250 – Somerville
• Tuckerton Seaport – Tuckerton
• U.S. National Park Service Probable – Morristown
• Union County Cultural and Heritage Affairs – Elizabeth
• Union County NJ250 – Elizabeth
• Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission – Oxford
• Washington Crossing Historic Park – Washington Crossing
• Wayne Township – Wayne
• Westfield Recreation Department and Westfield Historic Preservation Commission – Westfield
• Woodbridge Public Library / Woodbridge Township – Virtual