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. Bookmark the page and come back over time. If you have a topic that you’d like us to dig into, please let us know.
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Views: 271💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments Come for the View. Stay for the History. The Mr. Local History Project is honored to…
Views: 688💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments For generations, inns, houses, taverns, towns, and historic sites have proudly claimed that “George Washington Slept…
Views: 631💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments Preface to James Wilkinson’s Account of General Charles Lee’s Capture The following account comes from General…
Views: 1,549💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments The “Ten Crucial Days” of the American Revolution began with Washington’s crossing of the Delaware on…
Views: 744💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsWashington Didn’t Build His Fortress. New Jersey Did. So we start by coining a phrase, one that…
Views: 657💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsFor decades, visitors to Jockey Hollow believed they were standing beside the burial ground of Continental soldiers…
Views: 820💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 CommentsCommemorating the 247th Anniversary of the Wedding Heard ‘Round the ColoniesJuly 27, 1779 – July 27, 2026…
Views: 919💬 Leave a Comment | View 0 Comments The 1766 Morgan–Hills Map of Somerset County Unlike most eighteenth-century maps that depict only towns and…