Upcoming Events
Reading & Adventure - Lectura y Aventura
Saturdays, August 3, August 10, & August 17
11 am to 2 pm
The Trent House in partnership with the Trenton Free Public Library is offering a program of book reading and storytelling, arts and crafts, and outdoor games for children ages 6 to 11 years old. This program is free and participating children will receive a free book. Attendance is limited with online registration required by scanning the QR code below.
Books written and read by local authors will be featured. On August 10th Rashad Malik Davis will read from the “Carefree, Like Me!” series he has both authored and illustrated. On August 17th two bilingual books will be read in both English and Spanish by their authors – “Yo Soy, I Am” by Jacquelyn Leon and “It's All About You!: ¡Es todo acerca de usted!” by Corey Laramore.
On August 3rd Denise McCormack will tell stories from around the world and children will receive a companion book.
Each program will include arts and crafts activities based on the themes of the day’s stories. Snacks and drinks will be provided, but participating children are asked to bring their own lunches.
On August 3rd Denise McCormack will tell stories from around the world and children will receive a companion book.
Each program will include arts and crafts activities based on the themes of the day’s stories. Snacks and drinks will be provided, but participating children are asked to bring their own lunches.
Black August Commemoration
Saturday, August 10, 2024 - 2 pm
Mercer County Community College James Kerney Campus
Register at https://tinyurl.com/BlackAugustTrenton
The Army in Town - 4th Annual Re-Enactment of the 1781 Continental and French Army Encampment in Trenton
In late August-early September 1781, General Washington's Continental troops and General Rochambeau's French troops converged in Trenton where they prepared to cross the Delaware River. Thousands of soldiers and accompanying civilians with horses and oxen pulling wagons and artillery carriages camped in and around the small town of about 500 residents. The encampment lasted several days as cannon were ferried across the river and people on foot and wagons forded at the Falls of the Delaware.
What games would the soldiers have played to amuse themselves in camp while waiting to continue their march? What would repairs would the town blacksmith have helped them make? Would the town doctor have tended to their injuries and ailments?
What games would the soldiers have played to amuse themselves in camp while waiting to continue their march? What would repairs would the town blacksmith have helped them make? Would the town doctor have tended to their injuries and ailments?
Find out about camp life from re-enactors of Le Régiment Bourbonnais and the 1st Rhode Island Regiment and learn how the skills and supplies of Trentonians of the time might have helped keep Revolutionary War soldiers outfitted. Try teas that patriotic women would have served during the Revolution instead of black tea imported from England.
Children completing a "scavenger hunt" booklet by visiting all the re-enactors and interpreters will receive a book and a prize.
Hear talks on how roads and highways today follow their route through New Jersey to Trenton and the role that the French armies played in the success of the Revolution. Collect cards featuring first-person narratives of Trenton residents during the War.
This event is sponsored by a partnership among the Trent House Museum, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Lawrence Historical Society, and the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association-New Jersey.
The Trent House is a site on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail as well as in the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area.