Tag: Princeton Battlefield State Park
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Princeton Battlefield Society honors those who have fallen
Born out of the years following the Civil War, Memorial Day continues to be a day of remembrance for the men and women who have lost their lives in the United States Armed Forces. To honor the fallen, past and present, in America’s history, the Princeton Battlefield Society held its own wreath laying ceremony at…
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Mason Gross student’s 360-degree dance video project brings Princeton Battlefield to life
Before starting on her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in dance at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, Merli V. Guerra had spent two decades focused on another passion: bringing history to life. She worked early in her career as a historical interpreter for both Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House and the Paul…
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Princeton Battlefield Society elects new president to lead the organization
Michael Russell was elected president of the Princeton Battlefield Society at its Feb. 23 Board meeting. Russell has been a teacher in New Jersey for the past 22 years. As a society trustee since 2018, he has served as the site committee chairman and chair of its annual Clean Up Day. Additionally, he was co-director…
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Residents take advantage of towpaths, parks as sites reopen across the state
The yellow caution tape was gone and the gates were wide open on May 2, as bicyclists and pedestrians took to the towpath in the Delaware and Raritan State Canal Park that winds its way through Princeton and Lawrence Township. At the Port Mercer entrance to the state park in Lawrence, the parking lot was…
