An audio driving tour of some of New Jersey's most significant historic sites from the American revolution is part of an effort to convince state officials to build visitor centers and displays in time for the revolution's 250th anniversary in 2026.
This interactive tour provides storytelling as drivers visit historic sites.The historic site considered synonymous with George Washington’s defeat of the British is Valley Forge, a national park in Pennsylvania. Its claim to fame is that Washington’s troops spent a winter there in 1777.
The driving tour is called “Ten Crucial Days” and it covers Washington’s march across the Delaware and into Trenton and Princeton. It can be downloaded through a business that publishes audio tours across the country, TravelStorysGPS.arrowCrossroads of the American Revolutionof Washington’s crossing of the Delaware is held on Christmas Day.
The difference in perception comes down to a little known piece of more recent history. In the lead up to the bicentennial celebration in 1976, New Jersey made a mistake. The trip begins just over the border in Pennsylvania, where, on Christmas Day 1776, George Washington and his troops were in hiding and on the run from the British. The soldiers were abandoning the fight when Washington decided to use the element of surprise and go on the offensive. They crossed the Delaware River in a treacherous nor'easter with ice chunks barreling down the river.
“New Jersey was absolutely crucial to the fighting of the American revolution, winning the American revolution by the Patriot side,” Clemens said.
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