On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 15, 16 and 17, 2011,
historic and cultural sites in the greater Morristown, New Jersey vicinity will present “Revolutionary Times Weekend,” a weekend of American Revolution-related programs. To help promote the importance of Morristown and New Jersey to the American Revolution, all of the special events will be held at sites within the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area.
Friday, April 15th:
Naturalization Ceremony – 1 p.m. at the Washington’s Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place, Morristown. Welcome new American citizens as they take the oath of allegiance to the United States. Immigrant and founding father Alexander Hamilton (as portrayed by a costumed interpreter) will be the keynote speaker. The Martha Washington Tea and Reception follows the ceremony at 2 p.m. Both events are open to the public at no charge. For more information: 973-539-2016 x 210.
Over Here and Over There: Morris County’s Role in WWII: Preserving the Freedoms Won in the American Revolution – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Special exhibition at the Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Avenue, Morristown. Repeats on Sunday, April 17th. Admission fee. For more information: 973-267-3465.
Conversation and Libations with Alexander Hamilton – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cocktail reception with Alexander Hamilton, founding father and a General Washington aide-de-camp in Morristown during the 1779-1780 encampment (portrayed by a costumed interpreter). At the Morristown Club, 27 Elm Street, Morristown. $25 per person. Reservations required, 973-292-1874.
Saturday, April 16th:
First Annual Symposium of the North Jersey American Revolution Round Table– 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 at the Washington’s Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place, Morristown. Scheduled speakers include David Cowen, Carrie Fellows, Executive Director of Macculloch Hall Historical Museum; Jude Pfister, Chief of Cultural Resources, Morristown National Historical Park; Robert Mayer and Marc Mappen. Free for NJARRT members. Reservations required, email: njamerrevrt@aol.com.
Meet the Speakers: Colonial Luncheon with the Symposium Speakers – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Morristown Club, 27 Elm Street, Morristown. $22 per person. Reservations required, 973-292-1874.
Jockey Hollow Continental Army Encampment – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adjacent to the Jockey Hollow Visitor Center, Tempe Wick Road, Morristown. Join the Second New Jersey Regiment. Helms’ Company and approximately 40 additional costumed reenactors as they present military and camp-life demonstrations
throughout the day, including special “recruitment drills” for children. Repeats on Sunday, April 17th. All events are open to the public at no charge. For more information: 973-539-2016 x 210 or 973-543-4030.
Spring in the Wick Garden – Noon to 4 p.m. Adjacent to the Jockey Hollow Visitor Center, Tempe Wick Road, Morristown. Volunteers from the Herb Society of America, Northern New Jersey Unit will be available to give tours of the historic Wick Garden and answer questions about the garden. Repeats on Sunday, April 17th. Open to the public at no charge. For more information: 973-539-2016 x 210 or 973-543-4030.
Montville Dutch Revolutionary Times with the Outwater’s Brigade Militia - 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Henry Doremus House, 490 Route 202, and Dutch Stone Outkitchen, 52 Jacksonville Road, Montville. Activities include reenactments and spinning & weaving demonstrations and tours of historic sites. Repeats on Sunday, April 17th (1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ONLY on Sunday). All events are open to the public at no charge.
Fosterfields: Then and Now – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown. Walks and talks on early Fosterfields history, and cooking and agricultural activities that compare colonial life with the early 20th century and now. Admission fee. For more information: www.morrisparks.net.
Children’s Colonial Crafts and Games - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown. Join a Morris Museum educator to learn about children during the Revolutionary War. Admission fee; members free. For more information: www.morrismuseum.org.
Mirror of History: The Livingston-Benedict House 1752-2011 – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Livingston-Benedict House, 25 Old Parsippany Road, Parsippany. Repeats on Sunday, April 17th. Crafts, demonstrations and costumed reenactors bring history to life. All events are open to the public at no charge; donations are accepted.
Walking Tour of the Historic Presbyterian Church Burying Ground – 2:30 p.m. The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, East Park Place. Join Scott Shepherd, local historian and author of “Who’s Who in the Graveyard” as he helps you explore the burying ground where a variety of luminaries are
interred. No reservations needed but limited to the first 25 people. Free. Rain or shine.
Sunday, April 17th
Intrepid Majors Millidge & Morris: Hanover Township’s Highest Ranking Officers Choose Opposite Sides in the American Revolution – 8:50 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Whippany, 494 NJ Route 10 West in Whippany (parking lot behind church, off the Whippany Road intersection jughandle). Local historian Don Kiddoo will recount the life stories of surveyor Thomas Millidge who served with the Tory Loyalists supporting the British, and tavern keeper Joseph Morris who fought for the Washington's Continental Army. Light breakfast available. The event is open to the public at no charge, no reservations required. For more information: 973-887-2197.
Special Showing of the NJN Program, Morristown: Where America Survived – 2 p.m. at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown. Included in museum admission fee; members free. For more information: www.morrismuseum.org.
A Day in the Life of a Morristown Woman – 2:30 p.m. gallery talk at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue, Morristown. Museum Executive Director Carrie Fellows’ practical experience performing domestic tasks with period techniques and tools will provide special insight as she helps you explore the most common domestic occurrences of late 18th-century Morristown – food preparation, housework, childrearing and related activities. The presentation will occur in the School Room Gallery where the exhibition Hearth and Home: A Century of Family Life is on display through June. Reservations required; call 973-538-2404 x 10. Admission fee; members are free.
