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Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1959
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 1:04 pm: |     |
My 8 year old history buff nephew is coming to town next week. Would like to show him some historic sites but he is only here for a few days. I know about Jockey Hollow, Valley Forge, Waterloo Village. Which is most interesting? Are they all just cool things to look at or do they have "working" villages/people who demonstrate activities?
I have the info from the websites and they all sound great. Just trying to get a more personal idea of what to expect.
Any other suggestions welcomed as well.
Thanks! |
Lizziecat
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Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 757
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 1:57 pm: | |
Take him to Fosterfields living history farm. It's in Morristown. Go to the Green, and take the first right off the Green after Speedwell Avenue. Keep going straight until you see the sign for Fosterfields. You could also try old Speedwell Village, which is on Speedwell Avenue in Morris Township, or the old mill in Clinton. |
Two Senses
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Username: Twosense
Post Number: 365
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 2:28 pm: | |
Fosterfields is great for kids, especially when they're doing live demo's; and the house also is interesting.
Washington's Headquarters in Morristown.
Great Falls, Paterson (industrial revolution).
Edison's home Glenmont in Llewellyn Park, West Orange (the museum is closed for renovation, but the house may be open).
Newark Museum and connected Ballantine House in Newark; it also has hands-on science exhibits.
Liberty Science Center (not historical, but great for kids) in Jersey City.
Also, take a look at full-color pages in the front of the Verizon phone books for Essex and Morris Counties.
Here are some more ideas: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/historic/index.html
Of course, NYC (30 minutes away) and Philadelphia (90 minutes away) have even more great options.
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Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1963
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 2:51 pm: | |
Thanks! |
tulip
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Username: Braveheart
Post Number: 2631
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 6:14 pm: | |
Wendyn:
Waterloo Village is really terrific, because it has a juxtaposed Native American village and a pioneer village. Also, in the Delaware Water Gap National Park, Worthington State Forest, there's Millbrook Village, that's a recreation of an eighteenth and early nineteenth century village, with actual houses. It's about ten to fifteen (I would estimate) miles north of interstate 80, at the last exit in NJ.
It's lots of fun for hiking, exporing and history. There are even fossils in the Delaware around there, if you look hard enough. The Delaware is very shallow in sections there, but be careful of the current!! |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 3720
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 6:28 pm: | |
www.fieldtrip.com has some good ideas. |
Joe
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Username: Gonets
Post Number: 899
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 9:10 am: | |
You could just follow the path of Washington's troops through this area. Do a little research on the battle of Springfield. I believe that the Vauxhaul Bridge was a strategic point in protecting the retreating Continental Army. You could at least drive by, perhaps even park to discuss where the troops were situated. Then you could hike up to the lookout point on South Mountain Res, where I believe Washington observed the battle. After that you could travel towards Morristown.
I'm sure there's a lot of info out there that will fill in the many blanks and uncertainties I've left you with. |
Sgt. Pepper
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Username: Jjkatz
Post Number: 1288
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 10:42 am: | |
And for some more offbeat stuff, you could drive down to Hopewell and seek out the Lindbergh house, which is still standing. The courthouse where Bruno Hauptmann was tried for the kidnapping is also still standing, in Flemington.
If your friend is into the Sopranos, there are tons of locations you can drive past, including T's house (West Caldwell). |
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