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New Jersey Tourism
There are a number of New Jersey tourism attractions related to the Revolutionary War that you can visit today.
Tourism of New Jersey attractions might take you to Monmouth
Battlefield State Park, site of the Battle of Monmouth,
one of the largest battles of the American Revolution, or to Historic Morven at
Princeton, the home of New Jersey Signer of the Declaration of Independence Richard
Stockton and one time Governor's mansion of New Jersey, or to Indian King Tavern in
Haddonfield, a Revolutionary War meeting place for New Jersey's rebel
legislature.
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Colonel Jacob Ford home
Morristown, New Jersey |
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Share your New Jersey vacation
If you have visited a New Jersey historical site from the
Revolutionary War, we would like to give you the opportunity to share
your experiences and your pictures
here. Here are some of the sites we would like to hear about from you...
Trenton
Battlefield Monument - Trenton, site of George
Washington's victory over Hessian troops that turned the tide of the war
Alexander
Douglass Home - site of George Washington's Council of War
before the Battle of Princeton
Brearley
House - Lawrenceville, home of John Brearley, New Jersey
Signer of the United States Constitution
Princeton
Battlefield State Park - Princeton,
home of Major-General Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian
engineer who helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge in the
winter of 1777-1778
Covenhoven
House - Freehold, site of headquarters for British General,Sir Henry
Clinton, before the Battle of Monmouth
Dey
Mansion - Wayne, the site was once a headquarters
for George Washington
Fort
Lee Historic Park - Fort Lee, fort that General Washington
ordered abandoned after the capture of Manhattan island
Hancock
House - Hancock Bridge, site of the massacre of civilians
by British troops
Morristown
National Historic Park - Morristown,
a Revolutionary stronghold in New Jersey, George Washington spent 200
days here at the Ford Mansion planning his operations
Marlpit
Hall - Middletown, home of a prominent family of Loyalists
during the American Revolution
Old
Barracks Museum - Trenton, these barracks served both British and American troops
during the Revolutionary War and were captured by General Washington in
the miraculous Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1777
Potter's
Tavern - Bridgeton, a popular meeting place of New Jersey
patriots
Red
Bank Battlefield - National Park, site of an American
victory during the Revolutionary War
Rockingham
Historic Site - Kingston, the site of George Washington's
last Revolutionary War period headquarters
Schuyler
Hamilton House - Morristown, home of Dr. Jabez
Campfield, Surgeon General to George Washington, also the place where
Alexander Hamilton courted Betsy Schuyler
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other New Jersey tourism attractions related to the Revolutionary
War.
Share your knowledge of New Jersey history with us!
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Morven - Home of New Jersey
signer of the
Declaration of Independence
Richard Stockton |
Have a great memory from a Revolutionary War site in New Jersey?
Did you see or learn something interesting about any New Jersey tourism attractions related to the Revolutionary War? Why not share your trip with the world? It's free and easy to do. There is no registration required and there is no other obligation on your part.
Write about the setting and historical importance of the site you visited. We will add the best submissions to the Revolutionary War and Beyond Hall of Fame, so make yours interesting, historical and fun! Be sure to add your favorite picture, too!
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