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Weekend
Schedule
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9 am |
Festivities
kick off Saturday, April 10--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
Site of the original Battle of Bound Brook in 1777. The bridge is located on the Bound Brook side of the Queens Bridge, at the border of Bound Brook and Middlesex on Railroad Ave. |
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10:30 am |
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11 am |
Soldiers Battle for the Old Stone Arch Bridge and the Queens Bridge in Bound Brook
Following the ceremony at the Old Stone Arch Bridge, the soldiers will battle north on
South Main Street, Bound Brook to reenact a street battle. Battle ceases at the rotary
and the troops march west on Main Street, Bound Brook to the Van Horn Plaza at the Historic Train Station..
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11:15 am |
Demonstration, drill, battle in the
Van Horn Plaza at the Historic Train Station
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11:30 am ~ 12:15 pm |
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12:15 pm |
All troops return to South Bound Brook using sidewalk
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12:30 pm |
All troops initiate South Bound Brook street battle starting at Elm & Main St., (south end of Queen’s Bridge) battling back to Cherry Street
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12:45 pm |
All troops form up and march in the southbound lane of Main St. to von Steuben Lane
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1:30 pm |
Soldiers
return
to the Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House. |
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2 |
Presentation/Exhibit: Earl Becker
– Trade Beads and Wampum of 18th Century. |
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2 pm ~ 5
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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 11th. |
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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. Live Music by Tom Harabin. Adults: $9, Seniors: $8, 5-12
years: $6, 4 and under: Free Serving ziti, salad bar, sauces, meatballs, sausage, bread, desserts. |
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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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10 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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Soldiers Drills and Battle Demonstration
– on the grounds. Watch the American and British soldiers as they perform
military maneuvers of the American Revolution. |
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12:30 pm |
Presentation & Lecture: Kels Swan "The Forage War of the Raritan Valley During the Winter and Spring of 1777" |
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1 pm |
Lecture:
Noted historian and author Robert A. Mayers:
“The War Man: The True Story of a Citizen-Soldier Who Fought from Quebec to Yorktown"
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2 pm ~ 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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2 pm ~ 4 pm |
Soldiers Drills and Battle Demonstration
on the
grounds of the 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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