- Plow a furrow & experience horse-power first hand
- Participate in a scale-model barn-raising
- Have an antique appraised by a member of the Associated Antique Dealers of NJ ($5/item)
- Discover five centuries of New Jersey's history in one place
- Listen to Martha Washington* discuss her husband’s long absence during the war
- Meet Captain James Lawrence*, naval hero of the War of 1812
- Observe the detection of “mines” by World War II re-enactors
- See George Washington’s actual signature
- Put out a “house-a-fire”
- Try your hand at spinning wool
- Answer New Jersey trivia with the Historical Society of Princeton
- Learn about Titusville as a 18th & 19th century transportation center
- See a display of political campaign buttons
- See a log transformed into a wooden hayfork
- Speak with Walt Whitman*, the “Good Grey Poet” about his Civil War experiences
- Stand at the site of General George Washington’s historic Christmas Night Crossing
- Learn about farming in Hunterdon County
- Play Lenape style games
- Search census & cemetery records
- Enjoy the songs of the Sea Dogs
- Encounter a British Army Regiment
- See a rare “Mercer” antique automobile
- Witness the evolution of NJ’s cranberry harvesting
- Walk through a timeline of American military history with Historical Military Impressions
- Learn about the Civil-war era medical practices of the USS Lehigh
- Experience the BOOM of cannon fire
- Chat with NJ’s Civil War era Governor, Charles S. Olden*
- Engage the senses with Dutch Oven cooking
- Try to “reinvent” one of Thomas Edison’s inventions
- Research your family’s history
- Learn how massive coastal guns protected our mainland in wartime
- Tour an exhibit of rare Revolutionary War artifacts in the Visitor Center Museum
- Explore a Revolutionary War encampment
- Use a drop spindle to make yarn
- Learn about grist milling at Historic Walnford
- Try your hand at making pottery like the Native Americans
- Meet Mary Hayes McCauley*, aka Molly Pitcher
- Participate in historic games
- Try to tat bobbin lace
- Learn the art of paper marbling
- Examine exhibits from the state’s historical societies & museums
- Watch carpenters make 19th century children’s toys
- Observe an 18th century demonstration of smallpox inoculations
- Enjoy the historic art of Puppetry with Tuckers' Tales Puppet Theater
- Talk to the designer of the American Flag - Francis Hopkinson*
- Join the Monmouth County Militia for a wooden musket drill
- See a display of historic fire apparatus
- Discover Geocache sites throughout Washington Crossing State Park
- Meet a 18th century Palatine Family*
- Learn about efforts to save the 1867 Ewing Sanctuary
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- Return to the days of Canal Boat Captain Cappy Hummel*
- Enjoy the sounds of he 78th Army Band, Jazz Combo
- Discover the natural and cultural history of Gateway National Recreation Area
- Learn how a bill becomes a law
- Meet an indentured servant
- Explore an 18th century kitchen garden
- Engage President Lincoln and his wife Mary in conversation
- Learn about efforts to save Greystone Park
- Take your picture with Revolutionary War & Civil War soldiers
- Survey an exhibit on NJ’s transportation history
- Observe demonstrations of period domestic, leisure & school activities
- Tour the Johnson Ferry House
- Learn about the Israel Crane House
- Enjoy a colonial-era magic show
- Celebrate the upcoming sesquicentennial of the Civil War
- Watch a 19th century demonstration of wet-plate photography
- View the “Ten Crucial Days” video
- Explore 330+ years of publically accessible records at the State Archives
- Participate in the “Are You as Smart as a 4th Grader” game
- Enjoy the winning artwork of the History Fair Juried Art Show
- Discover the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War
- Take a ride on a canal pontoon boat
- See artifacts once used by Thomas Edison
- Learn about the NJ veterans’ oral history project
- Master the task of corn shelling
- Learn about the historic properties of the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township
- Find out why NJ is the “Crossroads of the Revolution”
- Discover the history of Trenton, our state capitol
- Receive Professional Development Credit for NJ school teachers
- Savor the aromas of Quaker cooking
- Help save White Hill Mansion, a house with Revolutionary War significance
- Try your hand at calligraphy and writing with a quill pen
- Learn the role of the Great Awakening in NJ’s history from the Rev. Jonathan Edwards* and his wife Sarah*
- Meet a wartime Pigeoneer of the 280th Pigeon Signal Company
- Watch woodworking with an 18th century style Spring Pole Lathe
- Listen to the 18th century tales of Mrs. Phoebe Woolley*
- Discuss colonial politics with Benjamin Franklin* and William Franklin*
- Enjoy the 18th century music of the Practitioners of Musick
- Examine the ongoing research of the Ocean County Historical Society
- Try your hand at an interactive woodworking demonstration
- Meet Elizabeth White*, the woman who tamed the wild blueberry
- Learn about the history of Woodbridge Township
- Talk with Philip Freneau* - poet of the American Revolution
- Watch the Tricorne Dance Ensemble
- Watch a blacksmith at work
- Enjoy a family picnic
- Learn about the renovation work at Edison Memorial Tower & Museum
- See how early engines worked with the Delaware Valley Old Time Power & Equipment Association
- Earn advancement requirements for Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts
- See a rare Cavalry Militia flag from the War of 1812
- Meet George Washington*
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