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Washington Crossing State Park Programs & Events


WASHINGTON CROSS STATE PARK
PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Washington Crossing State Park invites you to participate in our Summer interpretive programs through both the Interpretive Center and the Visitor Center Museum at Washington Crossing State Park.

The Visitors Center is open Wednesdays through Sundays year-round from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Programs for school groups and other organizations are available by reservation. For more information call (609) 737-9304.

AUTUMN PROGRAMS
AT THE VISITOR CENTER MUSEUM

October | November | December

October

MUSKET FIRING DEMONSTRATION.
Saturday, October 11, 1:00 p.m.
Join a Park Historian for an interpretive talk about some of the weapons used during the American Revolution and their use during the Battle of Trenton. Included will be a musket firing demonstration.

November

CANNON FIRING DEMONSTRATION.
Saturday, November 8, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Lamb’s Artillery Company will be conducting artillery demonstrations at 12:00, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30.

MUSKET FIRING DEMONSTRATION.
Saturday November 22, 1:00 p.m.
Join a Park Historian for an interpretive talk about some of the weapons used during the American Revolution and their use during the Battle of Trenton. Included will be a musket firing demonstration.

December

LECTURE The Christmas Night Crossing.
Saturday, December 20, 2:00 p.m.
Using diaries and letters of the participants, Resource Interpretive Specialist Clay Craighead will give a lecture on the significance of the Christmas Night Crossing and the Battle of Trenton.

THE CHRISTMAS DAY CROSSING REENACTMENT.
Thursday, December 25, 1:00 p.m.
Commemorate the 232nd anniversary of George Washington’s famous Christmas Night crossing of the Delaware River by viewing the annual reenactment.

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