“Are You As Smart As a 4th Grader?” Game Show
Most NJ students learn about our State’s history in 4th grade.  From the first people in what would become NJ to the 21st century, how much do you know about NJ history?  What is the State vegetable?  What was the first incorporated city in NJ? Join us as a contestant and test your knowledge or learn something new while having fun.  The game show will be offered several times during the day and each one has different questions of varying degrees of difficulty for up to ten contestants.  Win a prize for the most points in the game!  Just come to the location listed on the program for that particular time and sign up.  Or come and watch as an audience member, cheering on the contestants.  Are you as smart as a 4th grader?

 

Oh Freedom! Exhibit
At the dawn of the American Revolution, the chains of enslaved and
oppressed blacks clanged while cries for political freedom from British
rule rang. Perhaps blacks could earn their freedom through serving in the impending War.  Don’t miss this exciting exhibit which will be on display in the Stone Barn throughout the day during the History Fair.

"Martha Washington, a strong woman who traveled to meet her husband at the winter encampments of the Revolutionary War, will be presented by Janice
Erickson Smith. Ms. Smith portrays Mrs. Washington during a time when our country was in turmoil and many women were required to manage the home front while their husbands were fighting for our freedom."

 

 

NJ State History Fair Art Exhibit
The Delaware River Mill Society, in partnership with the NJ State History Fair, is sponsoring an Art Exhibit featuring NJ's Historic Heritage at Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ. Awarded works will be exhibited at the Fair on Saturday, May 12, 2012, 11am - 5pm, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville, NJ. This is a juried exhibit. Click here for List of Exhibit Winners. List of New Jersey's State-Owned Historic Sites

 

ANTIQUES APPRAISAL
An exciting new addition to the Fair this year is an Antiques Appraisal. The Appraisal will be held from 11 am to 2 pm. All Fair visitors are invited to bring up to three of their treasured antiques, EXCLUDING jewelry, large furniture items and firearms. Items will be appraised for a fee of $5 per item. Cash only. The appraisers will be members of the Associated Antique Dealers of New Jersey and the fees will be used for their Education Grant program. More information on this professional group and their grant can be found at www.aadnj.org.

 

The Colonial Conjurer Performs Magic!
Levram the Great is a simple-minded Colonial Conjurer who claims to have traveled the world & performed for the heads of state (as well as their feet)!  Audience members are encouraged to participate loudly in the show! Volunteers are chosen to assist Levram on stage in hilarious routines. Levram has performed for Historic Philadelphia, Penn's Landing, Fort Mifflin, City Tavern, Brandywine Battlefield, Valley Forge National Park & countless schools and private parties.

 

TUCKERS' TALES PUPPET THEATER
"I'll Take No Tea"
A pseudo-historical look at the Tea Party craze of 1773-74, I'll Take No Tea! recounts the tale of the Colonies famous tax revolt as its never been told before. Follow our band of revelers as they put the "tea" in "team-work" and cause great grief for old King George and his tax collectors.

GPS Heritage Cache Challenge
Grab your hand-held GPS device or your smart phone with a global positioning app onboard and come out to the History Fair and take the GPS Heritage Cache Challenge.  Log sheets with the coordinates of several historic markers, monuments, structures and/or historic activities will be available in the Visitor Center/ Museum (N40° 18.124´  W74° 51.725´).  Load the coordinates into your unit and visit the various cache locations in order to obtain the information to answer the questions on the log sheet. The challenge will be to locate as many of the heritage caches as you can and to answer the questions on the sheet in order to prove that you were there.

 

 

Meet "Cappy Hummel"
Rich Pawling of History Alive! will be returning as canal boat captain "Cappy Hummel". Sponsored by the D & R Canal Watch, Mr. Pawling will be entertaining visitors with songs and stories about life on the canal.

 

 

 

Open Hearth Cooking
Ever wonder how people cooked in the Colonial era or what a Dutch family might have eaten for dinner? If so, you'll want to stop by the Johnson Ferry House and talk with Mercy Ingraham who will be demonstrating open hearth cookery throughout the day. In addition to her demonstrations, Ms. Ingraham conducts cooking classes on a variety of topics incl. Colonial & contemporary cooking. Come and savor the aromas of colonial era Dutch foodways.