Tag: Continental Army
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Hillsborough Emmy Award winner produces documentaries on Washington, ‘Jersey Joe’
By Kyler R. Zhou Correspondent Tim Stollery, a three-time Emmy Award-winning producer, recently shot “Crossing to Victory: Washington Recaptures New Jersey” for the Washington Crossing Park Association (WCPA). The 13-minute video examines the under-reported events that were vital to Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army’s successful crossing of the Delaware River and their…
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Indentured servant also served as soldier in Continental Army
The Hopewell Township Committee continued its Black History Month recognitions by discussing the life of Jacob Francis, a free Black man born in Amwell in 1754. Francis had a long history in the area, first as an indentured servant, and then as a soldier in the Continental Army, which was unusual at the time. Larry…
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The history of the Battle of Princeton
Thomas Clarke and his sister, Sarah, were expecting a cold but peaceful day on their farm between the small village of Princeton and the larger town of Trenton. The farm field glistened with frost, but soon after that field would glisten with the bayonets of British and American soldiers in the pivotal Battle of Princeton,…