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Princeton Battlefield State Park is a 681-acre (2.8 km 2) state park located in Princeton. The park preserves part of the site of the Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777), which was a victory for General George Washington's revolutionary forces over British forces.
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton.
The Mercer Oak was a large white oak tree that stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park in Princeton, New Jersey. The tree was about 300 years old when it was torn by strong winds in March 2000. It was the emblem of Princeton Township and appeared on the seal of the township. The tree is also the key element of the seal of Mercer County, New ...
The state budget included $1.3 million for a marquee project at Princeton Battlefield State Park, one of the state's two primary American Revolution battlefield preservations.
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The Queenston Chapel, as it was named, housed the first Sunday school of its time in the state, and was taught at one point by future College of New Jersey president John Maclean. [4] A tavern existed at 343–345 from about 1830, with the building housing a general store from the mid-1840s. [15]
Future race locations include Princeton Battlefield State Park on Sunday, Sept. 8; East Jersey Old Town Village on Sunday, Oct. 13; and Historic Greenwich Township on Saturday, Nov. 9.
New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2 )—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.