Heritage Trail Association

Symposium: Washington’s Middlebrook 

Cantonment of the Revolutionary War

Saturday, October 28, 2023

9:00 a.m.—3:30 p.m.

Join us in this first of a four-part annual series to mark the upcoming 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding.

$35 per person - @20 student, with ID

Lunch is provided to all attendees. Seating is limited, so register early at https://heritagetrail.org 

Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC)

Conference Center, RVCC Drive, North Branch, NJ 

Questions? 908-240-0488

Middlebrook 101: “George Washington Remembers Middlebrook”

David Emerson portrays the great general.

Jim Stempel

Author of The Enemy Harassed: Washington’s New Jersey Campaign of 1777

How the Continentals and militia battled the British in small-scale actions.

Arthur Lefkowitz

Author of George Washington’s Revenge

Washington keeps the army mobile, relies on surprise and deception, and reconceives the war.
Robert Mayers

Author of Middlebrook: The Revolutionary Encampment That Saved America

Where the raw Continental Army matured into a cohesive fighting power.

Dominick Mazzagetti

Author of Charles Lee: Self Before Country

What role did Charles Lee play in Central New Jersey?

Roger Williams, moderator of the Authors Round Table

PLUS Book Signings and a Book Store with Rev War books

Sponsoring organizations: The County of Somerset – Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission – The Heritage Trail Association, Inc. -- Friends of Abraham Staats House - Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House - Somerset County Historical Society - Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association - Friends of Bridgewater History - Wallace House State Historic Site - Washington Camp Ground Association – Raritan Valley Community College – New Jersey Society, Sons of the American Revolution