Educational Resource Links Mercer County

and New Jersey in the Revolution

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  1. Mercer County's Revolutionary War Sites. This excellent website is a seven-year project by New Jersey author Al Frazza. Mr. Frazza is a public historian who traveled the state to make an online record of New Jersey’s Revolutionary War sites. This link is to the website’s Mercer County section.
  2. Mercer County History This is the official Mercer County government website, offering a brief history of the county and highlighting its Revolutionary War heritage.
  3. Mercer County Historic Sites. This is the official list of Mercer County Revolutionary War sites from the County Administration Office.
  4. Rev.org RevolutionNJ is a partnership between the New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC), a division of the New Jersey Department of State, and the nonprofit Crossroads of the American Revolution Association to plan the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in New Jersey.
  5. Historical Societies of Mercer County. This is a list of the Historical Mercer County communities.
  6. Lineage Organizations of New Jersey. This is a list of New Jersey’s Lineage Organizations.
  7. New Jersey Revolutionary War Resources from the New Jersey State Library Publishing for the bicentennial by the New Jersey Historical Commission, this is the link to twenty-eight downloadable booklets on different topics about New Jersey in the Revolution, including The Christmas Campaign: The Ten Days of Trenton and Princeton at this link.
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  9. TenCrucialDays.org TenCrucialDays.org is a 501©3 non-profit educational organization offering tours, downloads, and resources about Revolutionary Mercer County.
  10. American Battlefield Trust – Ten Crucial Days The ABT offers this resource with information about the Winter Campaign, December 1776 – January 1777.
  11. New Jersey Center for Civic Education From Rutgers-The State University School of Arts & Sciences, offers lesson plans developed with the support of the New Jersey Historical Commission
  12. Books about Mercer County and New Jersey During the American Revolution