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Weekend
Schedule
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9 am |
Festivities
kick off Saturday, April 18--Flag raising ceremony at the
Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House in South Bound
Brook |
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10 am - 5 pm |
Abraham Staats House and Grounds/ Soldiers Encampment open to public.
House: Fee to enter for Lectures, Exhibits & Tours:
$10 - adults, $5 - 18 years and under.
Grounds: No charge for Soldiers Encampment: living history, military drills, live music, cooking, sutlers, etc.
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10 am |
Soldiers march
to Old Stone Arch Bridge via Main St., South Bound Brook |
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10:30 am |
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11 am |
Street Battle in vicinity of Queen’s Bridge, S. Main St. and on Bolmer Blvd., Bound Brook
Then soldiers move to Memorial Library and Old Presbyterian Graveyard.
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11 am ~ 2:30 pm |
Bound Brook Memorial
Library:
Featuring a Revolutionary War slide show presentation,
artifacts, guest speaker
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11:30 am |
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12 noon |
Soldier luncheon at Holy Family Cafeteria
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1
pm ~
1:30 pm |
Soldiers Street
Battle in
vicinity of Queens Bridge and Main Street in South Bound Brook American and British troops demonstrate military tactics and street
battle over the
Queens
Bridge
and onto Main Street, South Bound Brook.
Soldiers
return
to the Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House. |
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Presentation/Exhibit: Earl Becker
– Trade Beads of 18th Century. |
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2 pm |
"Lectures Through Time" ~
Presentation & Lecture
Historian Wayne Daniels of the Old Barracks, Trenton: “The Approaching Storm”. |
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3 pm |
Encampment at Abraham Staats House,
Living History, Military Drills and Contest, British and American soldiers of the
American Revolution. |
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5 pm |
Abraham Staats Grounds/House closed to the public, Flag lowered
See you back on Sunday the 19th. |
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4 ~ 8 pm |
Eat with
the troops at a great Pasta Dinner, available for purchase at
the Fellowship Hall of the Reformed Church of
Bound Brook (located in South Bound Brook, on Clinton
Street) from 4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Adults: $8, Seniors: $7, 5-12
years: $6, 4 and under: Free |
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7:30 am ~ 12 noon |
Pancake
Breakfast at the Firehouse.
Eat with the soldiers and colonial camp followers at the famous
Sunday Buffet Breakfast at the
on Edgewood Terrace, available for purchase from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
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9 am |
Flag Raising
Ceremony ~ at the Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook |
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10 am - 4 pm |
Abraham Staats House and Grounds/ Soldiers Encampment open to public.
House: Fee to enter for Lectures, Exhibits & Tours:
$10 - adults, $5 - 18 years and under.
Grounds: No charge for Soldiers Encampment: living history, military drills, live music, cooking, sutlers, etc.
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10 am ~ 4 pm |
Gary DePaolo,
New Jersey Militia, Heard’s Brigade, Surgeon of the Colonial era.
Learn about medical practices of the 18th
century and view surgical instruments used during that time. |
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Presentation/Exhibit: Earl Becker
– Trade Beads of 18th Century. |
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12:30 pm |
"Lectures Through Time" ~ Presentation & Lecture:
H. Kels Swan "A Map of the First Middle Brook
Encampment, 1777" |
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1 pm |
"Lectures Through Time" ~ Lecture & Slide Show:
Author and historian Arthur S. Lefkowtiz:
“When Artwork Speaks: Eyewitness Images From the American Revolution"
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Color slide presentation of 18th Century artistry in the form of
studio executed history paintings, portraits, illustrations and rapidly executed drawings
done in the field. |
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2 pm |
Soldiers begin to assemble for battle demonstration
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3 pm |
Battle Demonstration
on the
grounds Abraham Staats House. Watch the American and British soldiers as they perform
military maneuvers of the American Revolution. |
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4 pm |
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