Mercer County - Trenton - Young Mark Twain in Trenton
Saturday, February 23 – Sunday, March 3 – Mercer County Mark Twain in Trenton Posted in Education , Events , Exhibits , Featured , Upcoming Events , Upcoming Exhibits Young Mark Twain in Trenton: A week-long commemoration of Twain’s visit to Trenton in 1869 150 years ago, on February 23, 1869, a young Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name “Mark Twain,” came to Trenton. He drew a crowd to the Taylor Opera House on South Broad Street where he gave a speech on the topic of his then-recent trip to Europe and the Holy Land. At age 34, Mark Twain was just beginning to make a name for himself at the start of his great literary career. Exhibit: Twain and Trenton’s Gilded Age Ephemera and artifacts related to Mark Twain and to the years 1870 – 1900 in Trenton Events: Saturday, February 23, 2019, 2 pm Mark Twain and the Gilded Age with urban historian and raconteur David Bosted Sunday, February 24, 2019, 2 pm The Unknown Early Mark Twain with urban historian ...