Monday, February 16, 2009

February 22: WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AT HISTORIC ROCKINGHAM

The Rockingham Association is delighted to invite you to celebrate George Washington's 277th birthday at one of his residences as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution!

DATE: Sunday, February 22
TIME: Tour Times, 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM
Refreshments to follow each tour!
IMP'T: Tour size limited to 12
Registration for specific tour time recommended

PLACE: Rockingham Historic Site
Rte. 603 (Laurel Ave./Kingston-Rocky Hill Rd.)
1 Mile North of Rte. 27 in Kingston
1 Mile South of Rte. 518 in Rocky Hill
(map/directions)
RSVP: (609) 683-7132
INFO: www.rockingham.net

From August to November 1783, the Rockingham House, once the residence on the farm of the late Judge John Berrien, served a George Washington's final wartime headquarters. It was at Rockingham that Washington penned and formally signed the Treaty of Paris, thereby initiating the beginning of the end of the American Revolution and the birth of the United States of America!

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