Mercer County - Trenton - Annual Peace Vigil @ Patriots Week
Annual Peace Vigil December 31, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Join the Trenton Friends Meeting for the Annual Vigil for Peace in the new year. Light refreshments will be served. Free
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Mercer County - Trenton - What We Sang Together Community Songs from Revolutionary-Era America @ Patriots Week
What We Sang Together Community Songs from Revolutionary-Era America December 29, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Join acappella chorus Hopewell Hall to hear songs people might have sung together in the American colonies. Like today, people sang together in many settings and for diverse reasons: at religious gatherings, while working, in taverns, and by firesides with the family. The chorus will showcase the shape-note, West Gallery, and folk songs they specialize in. Free
Mercer County - Trenton - Harmonious Art – Musick in 18th Century America @ Patriots Week
Harmonious Art – Musick in 18th Century America December 26, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm The Practitioners of Musick featuring John Burkhalter, recorders, and Donovan Klotzbeacher, harpsichord, perform beautiful 18th Century music in the historic Quaker Meeting House.
Mercer County - Trenton - Sunday's Patriots Week Events
Sunday, December 30 - Trenton, Mercer County Sunday's Patriots Week Events Colonial Church Service - 10:00 - 11:00 am First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, 120 East State Street Experience a Colonial service at one of Trenton's oldest landmarks. Organized in 1712, the original First Presbyterian Church was built at its current location on Second (now State) Street in 1727 and used by the Hessians during 1776-77. The current building dates from 1827. No admission fee. www.old1712.org St. Michael's Restoration Tour - 12:00 - 1:00 pm St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 140 North Warren Street Organized in 1703 and built sometime before 1748, St. Michael's is the oldest Episcopal church in this area and one of the oldest in New Jersey. Some of the fighting during the Battle of Trenton took place in its yard. Tour this magnificent historic landmark and its restorations. No admission fee. Trenton in 1775: Historic Tour led by Dr. Sharon Ann Holt -...
Mercer County - Trenton - Saturday's Patriots Week Events
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Saturday, December 29 - Trenton, Mercer County Saturday's Patriots Week Events In 1776, the tide turning Battles of the American Revolution were waged on the streets and in the fields of downtown Trenton. Join the salute to Trenton’s past, commemorate the passion of the patriots who fought for American Independence, and honor the spirit of revolution and patriotism that flourishes today. Concerts, tours, performances, presentations, exhibits, hands-on activities, and book signings bring Colonial history into the modern age and draw a dynamic mix of families, history buffs, reenactors and culture seekers to New Jersey’s Capital. Patriots’ Week is produced by the Trenton Downtown Association, in partnership with the Old Barracks Museum, which has been staging the Battle of Trenton Reenactments for more than 20 years. A collaboration of both city and state cultural and history organizations, Patriots’ Week programming reflects the quality of the Capital’s resources and provides a publ...