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Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Nearly 100 history enthusiasts gathered at Morris Museum this week to watch “The Worst Winter of the Revolution: 1779-80,” an episode of the acclaimed PBS series Drive By History that argues the case the Continental Army’s most grueling winter encampment was at Morristown’s Jockey Hollow, not the better-known Valley Forge. No one disputes that the army of the American Revolution, wherever the soldiers marched,…

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FilmHistoryTourismTravel Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Nearly 100 history enthusiasts gathered at Morris Museum this week to watch “The Worst Winter of the Revolution: 1779-80,” an episode of the acclaimed PBS series Drive By History that argues the case the Continental Army’s most grueling winter encampment was at Morristown’s Jockey Hollow, not the better-known Valley Forge. No one disputes that the army of the American Revolution, wherever the soldiers marched,…

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HistoryTourism Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

DOVER — Two historic properties in the Town of Dover are among thirty-five projects across twenty municipalities receiving nearly five million dollars in historic preservation grants approved by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners. The Orchard Street Cemetery Gatehouse was awarded $349,760 to continue the second phase of its restoration, the larger of the…

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The New Crossing Musical Comes to Morristown July 29

Arts & CultureCommunityDiningTourism The New Crossing Musical Comes to Morristown July 29

Dinner-Theater Performance Previews Show Seeking to Become NJ’s Official Musical On Christmas night 1776, with the American Revolution hanging by a thread, General George Washington crossed the Delaware River and won the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, before retiring to winter quarters near Morristown. During ten crucial days, the tide of war turned. Now, 250…

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Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

FilmHistoryTourismTravel Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Nearly 100 history enthusiasts gathered at Morris Museum this week to watch “The Worst Winter of the Revolution: 1779-80,” an episode of the acclaimed PBS series Drive By History that argues the case the Continental Army’s most grueling winter encampment was at Morristown’s Jockey Hollow, not the better-known Valley Forge. No one disputes that the army of the American Revolution, wherever the soldiers marched,…

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Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

HistoryTourism Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

DOVER — Two historic properties in the Town of Dover are among thirty-five projects across twenty municipalities receiving nearly five million dollars in historic preservation grants approved by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners. The Orchard Street Cemetery Gatehouse was awarded $349,760 to continue the second phase of its restoration, the larger of the…

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FilmHistoryTourismTravel Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Nearly 100 history enthusiasts gathered at Morris Museum this week to watch “The Worst Winter of the Revolution: 1779-80,” an episode of the acclaimed PBS series Drive By History that argues the case the Continental Army’s most grueling winter encampment was at Morristown’s Jockey Hollow, not the better-known Valley Forge. No one disputes that the army of the American Revolution, wherever the soldiers marched,…

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HistoryTourism Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

DOVER — Two historic properties in the Town of Dover are among thirty-five projects across twenty municipalities receiving nearly five million dollars in historic preservation grants approved by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners. The Orchard Street Cemetery Gatehouse was awarded $349,760 to continue the second phase of its restoration, the larger of the…

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Arts & CultureCommunityDiningTourism The New Crossing Musical Comes to Morristown July 29

The New Crossing Musical Comes to Morristown July 29

Dinner-Theater Performance Previews Show Seeking to Become NJ’s Official Musical On Christmas night 1776, with the American Revolution hanging by a thread, General George Washington crossed the Delaware River and won the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, before retiring to winter quarters near Morristown. During ten crucial days, the tide of war turned. Now, 250…

Read more
FilmHistoryTourismTravel Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Jockey Hollow Encampment Endured the Revolution’s Worst Winter

Nearly 100 history enthusiasts gathered at Morris Museum this week to watch “The Worst Winter of the Revolution: 1779-80,” an episode of the acclaimed PBS series Drive By History that argues the case the Continental Army’s most grueling winter encampment was at Morristown’s Jockey Hollow, not the better-known Valley Forge. No one disputes that the army of the American Revolution, wherever the soldiers marched,…

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HistoryTourism Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

Dover Historic Sites Awarded Morris County Preservation Grants

DOVER — Two historic properties in the Town of Dover are among thirty-five projects across twenty municipalities receiving nearly five million dollars in historic preservation grants approved by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners. The Orchard Street Cemetery Gatehouse was awarded $349,760 to continue the second phase of its restoration, the larger of the…

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