SATURDAY

April 9

7:00 AM

Registration begins for reenactors

Registration begins for reenactors

7:30 AM

Buffet Breakfast at SBB Firehouse begins
(7:30 am. – Noon)

9:00 AM

Camp setup

9:30 AM

Officer Meeting in house

Officer Meeting in house

10:00 AM

• Abraham Staats House and Grounds/ Soldiers Encampment open to public. Entrance fee to enter the House for Lectures, Exhibits & Tours: $8-adults, $4-18 years and under.
• Grounds-No charge. Soldiers Encampment: living history, military drills, live music, cooking, sutlers, etc.
• Soldiers assembly at Abraham Staats House. March to Old Presbyterian Graveyard via Main St., South Bound Brook

• Abraham Staats House and Grounds/ Soldiers Encampment open to public. Entrance fee to enter the House for Lectures, Exhibits & Tours: $8-adults, $4-18 years and under.

• Grounds-No charge. Soldiers Encampment: living history, military drills, live music, cooking, sutlers, etc.

10:30 AM

• Ceremony at Old Presbyterian Graveyard

11:00 AM

Arrivals/ Registration begins

·   Soldiers Battle for the Old Stone Arch Bridge and the Queens Bridge in Bound Brook.  

12:00 NOON
 ~ 1:00 PM

·   Lunch for soldiers at Bound Brook Hotel

·   Lunch in camp

·   Lunch in camp

1:15 PM

All troops assemble and begin march back to South Bound Brook over Queens Bridge.

1:30 PM

All troops initiate South Bound Brook street battle starting at Elm & Main St., SBB (south end of Queen’s Bridge) battling back along Main Street to Maple Avenue.

·   H. Kels Swan presentation, lecture:  Baron von Steuben and his famous instruction manual: "Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States"     

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

·   Abraham Staats House open for tours, special lectures, presentations, exhibits. Entrance fee to enter the House for Lectures, Exhibits & Tours: $8 adults, $4-18 years and under.

·   Grounds:  No charge.  Soldiers Encampment: living history, military drills, contests, cooking, sutlers, etc

·   Live Music throughout day (T. Harabin)

2:30 PM ~ 3:30 PM

Soldiers Drills and Battle Demonstrations on grounds.
Watch the American and British soldiers as they perform military maneuvers of the American Revolution.

4:00 PM

Soldiers Encampment and Abraham Staats House closed to public.  Event closes.

5:00 PM

·   Abraham Staats Grounds/House closed

Flag lowered

9:00 PM

Registration ends