REVOLUTIONARY WAR NEW JERSEY
Your Guide to Discovering the Important Role that New Jersey played in our Nation's Founding!

New Jersey played a significant role in the Revolutionary War. George Washington spent more time in New Jersey than anywhere else during the war. New Jersey's strategically important location, between New York City and Philadelphia, made it a center of Revolutionary War activity.

This website's detailed list of Revolutionary War historic sites can help you find the historic sites in and near your town, or help you plan a trip.  The list includes everything from major battlefield sites to small roadside markers and monuments. Nothing compares to the understanding and excitement generated by knowing that you are standing in the actual spots where historic events occurred! New Jersey offers a large number of these places, and they are spread out through all areas of the state.  While some areas of the state offer more historic sites than others, our county by county listing has Revolutionary War Sites listed for all 21 New Jersey counties. This valuable tool can help you locate the historic sites in and around your own town, as well as help you plan day trips to other parts of the state. People visiting and vacationing in New Jersey can conveniently locate places to visit during their stay.

In addition to the listing of historic Sites, you can also find a list of recommended Revolutionary War books and DVDs, specifically ones related to New Jersey's role.

From Washington's 1776 retreat across New Jersey to the crossing of the Delaware River; from the brutally difficult winter spent by the army in Morristown to the Battle of Monmouth; from James Paterson's submitting of the New Jersey plan at the Constitutional Convention to Alexander Hamilton's fatal duel with Aaron Burr in Weehawken, New Jersey's role in the founding of the nation was vital. Use this site as a tool to explore it for yourself firsthand!