By April Sette
Opening Celebrations begins at 10 a.m. with a ceremony at the Ward Avenue museum, where a recently-acquired majestic, 38-star American flag purchased by local residents in 1884 will be unveiled.
Enjoy the Old Barracks Fife and Drum Corps as they lead a parade down Main Street, once a Lenni Lenape trail, to the historic Crosswicks Friends Meeting House.
Enjoy lectures from NJ Historians on the Lenni Lenape, Quakers and the Underground Railroad.
Children have fun with Colonial games and an art contest.
Investigate antique farm equipment, including a steam traction engine and a cranberry sorter.
Traditional crafts to be demonstrated during the day include spinning, quilting, pen-writing, basket-making, blacksmithing, pottery-making, and needlework. Some of the artworks will be for sale, including a commemorative piece of pottery.
The Food. The aromas of open-hearth cooking are sure to stimulate the senses, along with some traditional food served by the local Chesterfield Inn. Special Menu include:
• Famous Crosswicks Community Association Chicken Salad
• Brick’s Mincemeat, from a recipe that was developed in 1874 by Edgar Brick and manufactured in Crosswicks until the 1970s
• Taylor Pork Roll sandwiches, a product developed by a descendant of an original Chesterfield Township settler.
Opening of the Malcolm Knowles Memorial Research Library, on the second floor of the Historical Society’s headquarters on Front Street, will have its official opening and dedication. www.325thAnniversary.com
