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John Mills and Jerry Hurwitz are historians with a scholar's knowledge of the Jan. 3, 1777, Battle of Princeton. Mills, the historian for Princeton Battlefield State Park, and Hurwitz, president of the Princeton Battlefield Society, recently stood on high ground overlooking the 75 sweeping acres that remain of the battlefield. Before them, patches of ice splotched the yellow grass just as they did on that "bright, serene, and extremely cold morning," as an American lieutenant described it nearly 232 years ago, when Gen. George Washington and his cold and battle-weary volunteers defeated British regulars in a turning point of the...

Institute for Advanced Study and preservationists dispute land parcel Photo by Dent Yang The Princeton Battlefield State Park is the site of a critical turning point in the Revolutionary War. The future of 25-acre corner of the site owned by the Institute for Advanced Study is now in question, as the Institute lobbies to build faculty housing there. The Princeton Battlefield has been a place of quiet contemplation for more than two centuries, where scholars and aspiring history buffs can walk on the hallowed ground of one of the nation's most pivotal battles. Yet a new struggle has emerged on...

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Battlefield sites under attack from development Study lists Princeton, Monmouth, Trenton among most endangered in U.S. Friday, May 14, 2004 The Revolutionary War battlefields at Princeton, Monmouth and Trenton are among the most endangered by sprawl and development in the nation, according to a new study by the U.S. National Park Service.The forthcoming review, "The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study," examines 825 nationally significant battlefields and sites associated with the two wars.The New Jersey sites are among the nation's 28 most significant sites in danger, said Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th Dist.)."The study looks at the historical...