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SPRING 2017
Forget
TripAdvisor
and Yelp.
TCNJ Magazine offers fresh and local
alternatives to the same old summer.
Pick one — or put them all on your calendar.
—Renée Olson
P R A I R I E
historical summer
Binge on the American Revolution.
Philadelphia's new Museum of the American Revolution —
with choice items ranging from fragments of the King George
III statue that once stood in New York City's Bowling Green to
George Washington's luggage — has all the markings of a
summer family road trip. So do these pivotal New Jersey war
sites. How many have you visited?
❏ Fort Lee Historic Park (Fort Lee)
❏ Iron Works Park (Mount Holly)
❏ Washington Crossing State Park (Titusville)
❏ Old Barracks Museum (Trenton)
❏ Princeton Battlefield State Park (Princeton)
❏ Princeton University (Princeton)
3-second quiz
Q
.
At what New Jersey site did Alexander
Hamilton's artillery force the British to
surrender?
A. The British used Princeton's Nassau Hall as a barracks and jail until Captain
Hamilton pushed them out.
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