Event Schedule

					~ A Crossroads Celebration ~ *Battle of Bound Brook:* *The Encampments at Middlebrook* Living History Weekend at the Abraham Staats House *April 12th & 13th, 2008*

	Weekend Schedule The schedule is subject to change, please watch for updates regularly! Saturday, April 12th
9 am	Festivities kick off Saturday, April 12--Flag raising ceremony at the Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook (open to the public from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.).
10 am	Soldiers march down Main Street, South Bound Brook to the the Old Stone Bridge, site of the original Battle of Bound Brook in 1777. The bridge site is located on the Bound Brook side of the Queens Bridge.
10:30 am	Ceremony and presentation at the historic Old Stone Bridge, c. 1730, one of the oldest surviving stone bridges in New Jersey and a rare example of colonial highway engineering. Key speakers are slated to include Somerset County’s Director Freeholder Peter S. Palmer and Cultural and Heritage Commission Historic Sites Coordinator Tom D’Amico.
10:30 am ~ 2:30 pm	Bound Brook Memorial Library: Featuring a Revolutionary War slide show presentation, speaker and bake sale.
11 am	March of the Soldiers and Street Battle in the vicinity of the Queens Bridge, Memorial Library (402 E. High St., Bound Brook, 08805) and adjacent Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Bound Brook. Following the ceremony at the Old Bridge, the soldiers will reenact a street battle, marching on Main Street, Bound Brook, and north on East Street to the Bound Brook Memorial Library and Old Presbyterian Graveyard .
11:30 am	Brief ceremony at the Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Bound Brook, final resting place of many of the area’s early patriots and founders. Soldiers begin march and street battle back to South Bound Brook via Queens Bridge.
11 am ~ 5 pm	CLOSED	Hendrick Fisher House tours, Ukrainian Church grounds, 1960 Easton Avenue, Somerset (the end of Main Street, South Bound Brook).
12 noon	Soldiers Street Battle in vicinity of Queens Bridge and Main Street in South Bound Brook American and British troops demonstrate military tactics and street battle over the Queens Bridge and onto Main Street, South Bound Brook.
12:30 pm	Soldiers return to the Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House around noon on Saturday. Inside the Abraham Staats House: Special lectures, exhibits and tours inside the Abraham Staats House (Fee: $10 for adults & $3 for children under 12, for 2-day, weekend pass to activities in the house.)
12 noon ~ 4 pm	Gary DePaolo, New Jersey Militia, Heard’s Brigade, Surgeon of the Colonial era. Learn about medical practices of the 18^th century and view surgical instruments used during that time.
12:45 pm	Earl Becker, presentation on muskets of the American Revolutionary War.
1 ~ 5 pm	On the grounds of the Abraham Staats House: Visit the living history American Revolutionary Soldiers Encampment at the Abraham Staats House c. 1740, (17 von Steuben Lane, South Bound Brook). Come see life as it existed for the soldiers, camp followers and others who lived the American past.
1:30 pm	Ken Miller: presentation on Tom Paine, author of “Common Sense” published in 1776, which sparked an American Revolution.
2 pm	Dr. David L. Valuska: Lecture: Presents “Baron von Steuben,” the Drillmaster of the American Army of George Washington.
2:45 pm	Review of the troops by Baron von Steuben, living history Military Drills and Battle Demonstrations, British and American soldiers of the American Revolution.
4 pm	Dr. Richard Veit: Presentation: "Patriots, Tories, Inebriates, and Hussies: The History and and Archaeology of the Abraham Staats House."
5 pm	Encampment closes to public, see you back on Sunday the 13th.
4 ~ 8 pm	Eat with the troops at a great Pasta Dinner, available for purchase at the Fellowship Hall of the Reformed Church of Bound Brook (located in South Bound Brook, on Clinton Street) from 4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Adults: $8, Seniors: $7, 5-12 years: $6, 4 and under: Free
	Sunday, April 13th
8 am ~ 1pm	Pancake Breakfast at the Firehouse. Eat with the soldiers and colonial camp followers at the famous All-You-Can-Eat Sunday Buffet Breakfast at the South Bound Brook Firehouse on Edgewood Terrace, available for purchase from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Adults: $9, Seniors: $8; under age ten: $6, under age 5: free.
10 am	Flag Raising Ceremony~Abraham Staats House & Soldiers Encampment open to public
10:30 am	Earl Becker: Presentation: Muskets of the 18^th Century. Free Appraisals of antique (pre-1898) firearms (must be in the case, unloaded.)
11 am ~ 5 pm	CLOSED	Hendrick Fisher House tours, Ukrainian Church grounds, 1960 Easton Avenue, Somerset (the end of Main Street, South Bound Brook).
11 am	Ken Miller: presentation on Tom Paine, author of “Common Sense” published in 1776, which sparked an American Revolution
11:30 am	David Valuska: Baron von Steuben lecture/ Review of the troops.
12:15 pm	Review of soldiers by Baron von Steuben and officers. 18^th century military drills.
1 pm	Author John T. Cunningham: Noted historian and author will offer a lecture on the Middlebrook Encampment. Mr. Cunningham will be also sign copies of his newest book, “The Uncertain Revolution - Washington and the Continental Army at Morristown.”
2 pm	Soldiers Drills and Battle Demonstration on the grounds. Watch the American and British soldiers as they perform military maneuvers of the American Revolution. The Soldiers Encampment as well as exhibits and tours in the Abraham Staats House also available.
4 pm	Soldiers Encampment and Abraham Staats House closed to public.

Sponsors of the Battle of Bound Brook: Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA, Bound Brook CommUnity Development Association, South Bound Brook Historic Preservation Advisory Commission, Friends of the Abraham Staats House, Inc., Borough of South Bound Brook and the Borough of Bound Brook, The Sheriff’s Dept. of Somerset County.

For Information on becoming a sponsor or to give a donation please e-mail us at StaatshouseSBB@aol.com

The Friends of the Abraham Staats House, Inc. received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

Living History Weekend at the

Abraham Staats House