[Clemenza]

I live practically across the street from the Maidenhead Presbyterian Church, from where a group of local militiamen ambushed the Brits as the were coming up the road from Trenton to get GW in the rear at Princeton.

It sickens me to say the least that NJ is known more for the Sopranos than for its historic role as the Crossroads of the Revolution.

May I suggest to anyone who finds themselves up here to pay a visit to Nassau Hall/Priceton Battlefield, Rockingham, Morristown, the Trenton Barracks (oldest barracks existing in the US), to say nothing of the annual reeneactments of the Battle of Monmouth in Manalapan and the Crossing of the Delaware (caps intentional) to Hopewell.

[pandoraou812]

I remember going on class trips to see those places. Our school no longer does class trips. Thank you for a reminder to take Sassy to see those places. We tend to overlook what we do have here right at home. With the price of gas I will be doing less traveling out of state & plan to take her to see NJ’s history. I remember a story of a girl who hid her horse in her room so the soldiers couldn’t take it. Do either of you remember that story? I would like to get it & read it to my daughter.

[pandoraou812]

I found it

New Jersey – This Time, Tempe Wick? by Patricia Lee Gauch. This story is based on a spunky, real-life girl named Tempe Wick who hid her horse in her bedroom from both the Americans and the British during the Revolutionary War.

http://www.rif.org/parents/articles/books_travel.mspx