REVOLUTIONARY WAR NEW JERSEY
Your Guide to Discovering the Important Role that New Jersey played in our Nation's Founding!
Welcome to Revolutionary War New Jersey, your online guide to New Jersey's important role in the nation's founding.
The detailed list of Revolutionary War historic sites can help you find the sites in and near your town, or help you plan a trip. This website lists everything, from the major sites and battlefields, to small roadside markers and monuments. Nothing compares to the understanding and excitement generated by knowing 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 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 places 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.
New Jersey's played a very important 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 .
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 played a vital role in the founding of the nation. Use this site as a tool for you to explore it for yourself firsthand!
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