Historical Events for Patriots Week 2019 in Trenton

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Dec. 26 - 31, 2019 -  Selected historical events for Patriots Week, featuring HVHS members
Ten Crucial Days Bus Tour
Saturday, December 21, 2019 and Friday, December 27, 2019 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Washington Crossing Historic Park
All-day bus tour through Washington Crossing, Trenton, and Princeton hosted by historical interpreters Roger Williams and Larry Kidder.
 
67th Annual Christmas Day Crossing Reenactment
Wednesday, December 25 , 2019 - 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm  
Washington Crossing Historic Park

George Washington’s Ten Crucial Days
Thursday, December 26, 2019 - 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
New Jersey State Library
Talk by author Larry Kidder.
 
Signs of the Times
Friday, December 27, 2019 - 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Mill Hill Park
Walking tour by Richard Hunter from Mill Hill park to Petty’s Run.
 
Battles of Trenton Reenactments
Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 11:00 am and 3:00 pm
11 AM: First Battle of Trenton Reenactment at the Battle of Trenton Monument
3 PM: The Battle of the Assunpink (also known as the Second Battle of Trenton) in Mill Hill Park
The Old Barracks Museum
Narrated by author Larry Kidder.
 
Experience the Battle of Princeton
Sunday, December 29, 2019 - 9:00 am - 11:30 am             
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Presentation and interpretation by author Larry Kidder.

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Earlier 2019 Programs

 

Wed., Dec. 4, 2019 - 7 pm The Hopewell Valley History Project Local enthusiast Doug Dixon will introduce the Hopewell Valley History Project, a new volunteer effort to collect and organize the important sources of our local heritage in digital form, to share online for open and convenient access (HopewellHistoryProject.org).
 

 Sun. Dec. 1, 2019 Hopewell Holiday Teas  One Chilly Sunday Afternoon -- Two Welcoming Town Traditions. 
Join Hopewell Museum staff and trustees for a wonderful holiday tea and tour at the newly reimagined Museum.  And drop by the Red Library to enjoy homemade goodies and conversation with staff, volunteers, board members, Friends, and other patrons.

 

Tues., Nov. 19 , 2019 - 7- 8 pm  Hopewell Branch, Mercer County Library. The Ten Crucial Days: Washington's Vision for Victory Unfolds  Talk by author Larry Kidder telling the story of the battles of Trenton and Princeton that took place between December 25, 1776 and January 3, 1777 and why they are so important in the history of the American Revolution. In many ways the talk focuses on the people of New Jersey, especially Hopewell Township, and how their lives were influenced by the events discussed. The talk is based on Mr. Kidder’s research for his recent book entitled The Ten Crucial Days: Washington’s Vision for Victory Unfolds (The Knox Press).

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 Titusville Presbyterian Church, HVHS Annual Meeting: House History Research. The Annual Meeting will open with a business meeting for HVHS. Members will be asked to vote on a slate of officers and new trustees. After the business meeting, Pam Cain will present a program based on her experience conducting the Historical Society’s House Lineage program in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Her presentation will discuss her methodology for doing the research, with examples, and include some of her interesting findings. The HVHS “house plaques” on more than 100 Hopewell Valley properties were a direct result of Pam’s research.

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Sun., Sept. 22, 2019 - 3 pm  The Pennington School. Kid with a Camera: Memories of Pennington N. J. at Mid-Twentieth Century.  Photo essay author Mike Thomsen will share stories and photos from Pennington during the 1940s and 1950s. Thomsen grew up at 25 East Welling Avenue, arriving in Pennington with his family in 1946, at the age of 4. He has written a photo essay filled with reminiscences about his experiences growing up in Pennington. Co-sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, Hopewell Museum & Pennington Public Library.

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June 9, 2019 - The Mystery of Honey Hollow - Richard Hunter - Pennington School
See discussion and reportwww.hunterresearch.com/news/2018/7/4/plumbing-the-depths-of-honey-hollow

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May 23 - 27, 2019 - Hopewell Valley Heritage Weekend - Memorial Day weekend

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May 25, 2019 - Presentation on the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation - Reverend John R. Norwood, Principal Justice of the Tribal Supreme Court and Councilman-at-Large for the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation in South Jersey, on the history and current work of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation. (51)

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May 24, 2019 - American Indians in Hopewell: A Census Puzzle Solved - Larry Kidder - Hopewell Museum
Program about the Carlisle Indian School and the students from that school that were placed with Hopewell Township farm families for either a summer or a full year as part of the government effort to remove their Indian culture. (51)

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April 24, 2019 - Following the DNA Trail - Joseph Klett - Hopewell Museum. Program on the use of autosomal DNA matches to help trace challenging lineages and identify hitherto unknown ancestors. (33)

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March 10, 2019 - Life in Hopewell Township in the 1870s - Larry Kidder - Pennington Library
Program at the Pennington Library in association with the NEA Big Read grant for community reading programs. (67+)

 

March 8, 2019 - The Dark Side of the Sourlands - Jim Davidson - Hillbilly Hall.  Program by East Amwell historian, Jim Davidson, exploring the "Dark Side of the Sourlands" - bootleggers, bandits, mysteries and murders.

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Feb. 27, 2019 - Historical Watercolors: Hopewell Valley and Beyond - Jacquelyn Pillsbury - Mercer Co. Library Hopewell Program about Jacquelyn Pillsbury's late mother-in-law, Joyce Enoch Pillsbury. Joyce was a lifelong artist and resided in Ewing, New Jersey for nearly 70 years. Joyce was a prolific artist, although many were unaware of her artistic ability. Her artwork was primarily watercolors of quirky local scenes, including barns, historic buildings, industrial sites, nature scenes, and urban buildings in Mercer County. (15)

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Feb. 3, 2019 - Ere the Shadows Fade: New Jersey’s Civil War Era Photographers - Gary Saretzky - Hopewell Museum.  Program on N.J. photographers, with the focus on Mercer County, including specific photographers from Flemington and Lambertville that are represented in the Hopewell Museum and HVHS archives. Scheduled through the NJ Council for the Humanities. (38)