November 8 & 9: 225th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON'S STAY AT ROCKINGHAM INCLUDING REENACTMENT!

Please join the Rockingham Historic Site, the Rockingham Association, and the MHS Live Historians in their much-anticipated final event in their celebration of General George Washington’s 1783 stay at the perfectly-preserved 300-year-old house called Rockingham!

DATE: Saturday & Sunday, November 8 & 9
PLACE: Rockingham Historic Site, Route 603 (Laurel Avenue), Kingston (map/directions)
ENTRY: $5.00 suggested donation per group
INFO: http://www.rockingham.net/
PHONE: (609) 683-7132
EMAIL: Rockingham1783@yahoo.com

The site will be open to the public both Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9. Visitors can explore an encampment of General Washington's Dragoon Guard, von Heer's Marechausee, including tents and horses! The first floor of the mansion will be open for shortened tours, and "General Washington" will receive guests in his study and answer questions!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

• 11AM to 3PM: Various activities will take place throughout the day, including demonstrations by reenactors of life in the 18th Century.
• 2PM: Princeton University Professor of History, John Murrin, will discuss the significance of Washington's stay at Rockingham, before introducing "Gen. Washington" who will make closing remarks.
• Gen. Washington will review the major events that occurred during his stay in Rockingham, including his writing of the Farewell Orders to the Armies--and reading from that document--and receiving official confirmation that the Treaty of Paris had been signed and the American Revolution had ended.

The Museum Store with a new array of gifts and toys will be open both days.