LAUNCHING 120 EAST STATE'S SITE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMMING WITH FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY IN 2026 [TH...

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LAUNCHING 120 EAST STATE'S SITE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMMING WITH FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY IN 2026 [THE FORMER FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TRENTON IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR ITS POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RELIGIOUS IMPACT ACROSS THREE CENTURIES. THIS LANDMARK SITE WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE 1776-77 BATTLES OF TRENTON, PART OF THE TEN-DAY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON?S CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE RIVER THAT TURNED THE TIDE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. OUR GRANT PROJECT WILL INITIATE A TOUR AND LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM TO COINCIDE WITH THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 2026. IT WILL ALSO CREATE AND INSTALL TEN EXTERIOR INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. ALL GRANT ACTIVITIES WILL PROMOTE THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.]