By BILL STEIG
Washington Crossing State Park (New Jersey)
June 14
Meet Frances Hopkinson The Bordentown resident, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Second Continental Congress, is portrayed by living historian Stanley Saperstein.
July 4
Open House at the Johnson Ferry House Readings of the Declaration of Independence at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Johnson Ferry House; 2 p.m. at the Museum and Visitors Center, with musket fire.
Blawenburg Band concert, 8 p.m. at the Museum and Visitors Center.
July 18
Songs and stories of the revolution with singer and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Dodd.
August 8
Outwater Militia Encampment A living history performed by reenactors performing military drills. 10 a.m. on the grounds of the Museum and Visitors Center.
June 28, July 26, August 30
Summer Sunday Lecture Series
Washington Crossing Historic Park (Pennsylvania)
Monthly: “Farmstead Fridays” at the Thompson-Neely Farmstead, including tours of the kitchen garden at the Hibbs House.
June 26: Historic trades
July 24: Hay making
Monthly: “Soldier Saturdays” demonstrations near the Visitor Center.
June 13: Cooking for soldiers
July 11: Hessian soldiers
August 8: Artillery
June 13
Attic Treasures Sale at Taylorsville General Store, a fundraiser for the Friends of Washington Crossing Park.
July 4
Independence Day Celebration 4 p.m., living history with reenactors at Revolutionary War encampment; craft demonstrations, readings of the Declaration of Independence.
8 p.m., fife and drum performance, food trucks, concessions. 9:15 p.m., fireworks over the Delaware River Tickets: $10, children $6. Pre-registration recommended, washingtoncrossingpark.org
July 11
Meet the Hessians. A living history presentation with reenactors portraying the German mercenaries who fought with the British and surrendered at Trenton.
July 12
Rebels and Redcoats Car Show Featuring cars from the countries that did battle in the American Revolution: the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and France. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Valley of Concentration parking lot across from the Visitors Center.
August 28: Milling with water power Also on those Fridays, tours of the kitchen garden at the Hibbs House by the Visitors Center. Soldier Saturdays demonstrations near the Visitors Center.
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