Fate of Princeton Battlefield

Thursday March 1, 2012 at 7:30p at 400 Witherspoon St in Princeton.
Due to a computer problem Princeton Township changed the meeting to this Thursday March 1, 2012 at 7:30p at 400 Witherspoon St in Princeton.
Tell everyone to come out.
This most likelywill be the last meeting.
At the end of meeting the public will be able
to state their thoughts on the project.

The Thursday February 16 meeting has been cancelled due to a computer problem and rescheduled :

Final Decisive Meeting
Thursday March 1st, 7:30 pm
Planning Commission in Princeton at 400 Witherspoon Street

The fourth and probably the last meeting of the Planning Commission to
decide the fate of the Institute of Advanced Study’s owned property that
is adjacent to the Princeton Battlefield will now take place on Thursday,
March 1st at 400 Witherspoon Street at 7:30pm. This is the exact location
where Washington led the successful counter-attack which won the battle
for the day and became a major turning point in the war for America’s
independence. It was America’s first victory against British forces. The
battle of Trenton was against the Hessians.

Being designated as one of the Ten Most Endangered Sites in New Jersey by
Preservation Jersey and named a “Priority I Principal Site” by the
National Park Service in their report to Congress makes protecting the
Battlefield vital. The IAS proposed 15 unit housing will not only break
apart the symmetry of the Battlefield, but destroy history. The only true
way to understand the battle is to walk the field which gives you a
reality that cannot be captured in a book. This housing with its
destruction of part of the Battlefield would be like removing Picket’s
charge from the battle of Gettysburg.

James McPherson, David Hackett Fischer, Tom Fleming and David McCullough,
all well known historians and authors have all acknowledged the importance
of the Battle of Princeton in American history.

At the end of the day if we lose this part of history we lose a pristine
Battlefield and a piece of our identity as a nation.