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SUMMARY:5th Annual March to Yorktown Day
DESCRIPTION:Westfield\, NJ. The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route New Jersey (W3R-NJ) announces the 5th Annual March to Yorktown Day Commemoration & Encampment Festival in Westfield\, NJ on Sunday\, August 18\, 2024 from 11:30 – 4:00 pm in Mindowaskin Park. The event is dedicated to the 1st Squadron\, 102nd Cavalry Regiment from the Westfield Armory\, currently serving in Syria. \nThe commemorative event will kick off at 11:30 at the Mountain Ave access area to Mindowaskin Park with historical interpreters mingling amongst the public and musicians playing patriotic fife and drum music. At 12:00 an opening ceremony will feature welcome remarks by Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle\, NJ State Senator Jon Bramnick\, the 102nd Cavalry Association\, New Jersey State Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Regent\, Diane Waugh Oliver\, Westfield Chapter\, Daughters of the American Revolution Regent\, Mary Anne Healy- Rodriquez\, New Jersey Society Sons of the American Revolution\, Robert Meyer\, Sons of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey President\, Kenneth McKeever\, West Fields Chapter Sons of the American Revolution President\, Jay Hershey\, New Jersey State Society Children of the American Revolution President\, Nathaniel Little and others. W3R-NJ state chair\, Julie Diddell will talk about the importance of the Westfield community commemoration of when the French and Continental troops marched from Newport\, Rhode Island to Yorktown\, VA (an almost 700 mile\, nine state\, land and water journey) in the summer of 1781 taking them through Westfield on August 29\, 1781. The route is designated as the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail\, administered by the National Park Service. \nAt 12:30\, the community is invited to watch or join-in a symbolic march to Yorktown re- enactment procession into a Mindowaskin Park Encampment Festival\, accompanied by the Generals Rochambeau\, Washington and Major General Chastellux and General Lafayette\, the New Jersey Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard\, the Daughters of the American Revolution\, the New Jersey Fifes and Drums\, the 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons with horses\, the Miller-Cory Museum colonial living history group\, NJ National Guard & Militia Museum\, and New Jersey Militia Heard’s Brigade. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom 1:00 to 4:00\, the festival will in Mindowaskin Park will have children’s’ games\, musket firing\, military drills on horseback\, historical artifacts items and information provided by local history organizations such as the Forgotten Victory Trail Association\, Miller-Cory House Museum\, Princeton Battlefield Society\, Union Township Historical Society\, Chatham Township Historical Society\, Westfield Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the Washington Association of New Jersey along with the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce will have informational tables set up and interact with the public to share information\, sell history items and engage new members. An encampment with tents\, cooking demonstrations\, fife and drum music\, musket firing and marching drills will occur during the festival. Food trucks will be available for food and drink purchases. \nThis event is made possible by support from the Mayor Shelley Brindle\, the Town Council\, the Town of Westfield\, the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs\, The Westfield Inn\, Chez Catherine\, the West Fields Chapter SAR\, the Westfield Chapter DAR\, the Washington- Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association\, New Jersey (W3R-NJ)\, the \nNational Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association (W3R-US) and the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail which is administered by the National Parks Service. \nMayor Brindle recently announced that the Town of Westfield is conducting a contest for residents\, businesses or organizations to submit a design idea for the Town’s cerebration of America250 in 2026. Designs submitted by September 15\, 2024 will be considered. Visit: \nhttps://www.westfieldnj.gov/america250?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2XoUAvG7cCEs36zoMdIg4Mdna4KbVA5zuqSLRPmcb5Ryd4WzNtn1HlDkw_aem_tqISl2lqiibItEbBB-HkMg \nFor more information on the 5th Annual March to Yorktown Day\, email info@W3R-NJ.org Follow on Facebook @W3RNJ\nand www.w3r-nj.org \nCheck out the flyer below for more information! \n 
URL:https://w3r-us.org/event/5th-annual-march-to-yorktown-day/
LOCATION:Mindowaskin Park\, 385 E Broad St\, Westfield\, New Jersey\, 07090
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SUMMARY:March to Yorktown Day Commemoration & Encampment Festival
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin W3R-NJ\, W3R-US and the WARO Trail on August 27th for this year’s annual March to Yorktown Day in Westfield New Jersey! The day’s events will include numerous historical reenactors\, including a living history militia encampment featuring musket drills and firings and Generals Washington and Rochambeau themselves! There will also be various food trucks\, vendors and a car display! \nThe day will begin with an opening ceremony followed by a procession which will lead guests through Mindowaskin Park to the militia encampment!
URL:https://w3r-us.org/event/march-to-yorktown-day-commemoration-encampment-festival/
LOCATION:Mindowaskin Park\, 385 E Broad St\, Westfield\, New Jersey\, 07090
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SUMMARY:3rd Annual March to Yorktown Day
DESCRIPTION:The 3rd Annual March to Yorktown Day is once again upon us- join W3R- New Jersey and Friends for this celebration! \n 
URL:https://w3r-us.org/event/march-to-yorktown-2/
LOCATION:Mindowaskin Park\, 385 E Broad St\, Westfield\, New Jersey\, 07090
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SUMMARY:Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route March in Westfield
DESCRIPTION:WESTFIELD\, NJ — Historical interpreters representing French generals are scheduled march through Westfield Sunday to commemorate the 240th anniversary of the Revolutionary War March to Yorktown\, Virginia. \nThe march is to be in keeping with Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle’s 2020 proclamation that every Aug. 29 be known as “March to Yorktown Day in Westfield\,” organizers said. \nThat proclamation recognizes that on August 29\, 1781\, Continental soldiers including the 1st Rhode Island Regiment comprised of a number of Native Americans and African Americans passed through Westfield on the way to Princeton to meet with the French army before the combined forces continued on to Yorktown to besiege the position of British General Lord Cornwallis. \n\n“I’m always thrilled to see different components of Westfield’s amazing history brought to life for the benefit of the community\,” said Mayor Brindle in a statement. “As a native of Yorktown\, Virginia\, this march is a piece of American history that is particularly familiar to me\, and it’s wonderful to see its connection to Westfield commemorated by the dedicated volunteers of the Washington- Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.” \nThe march had a combined army of about 2\,500 Americans and 4\,700 French plus 1\,000 servants and a few hundred wagoners pulled by horses and carrying supplies along with 4-pound guns and artillery\, which was pulled by oxen\, according to the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route — New Jersey group. The allied forces along with some women and children traveled nearly 700 miles on land and on water to Yorktown. The surrender of Cornwallis on October 19\, 1781\, after several weeks of siege warfare assured the independence of the United States. \n\n\n“What I admire about Westfield’s role in the march to Yorktown story is that the 1st Rhode Island Regiment passed through Westfield and that the American General\, Benjamin Lincoln\, who accepted the British general’s surrender sword in Yorktown on behalf of Commander General George Washington\, also marched his column of soldiers through town\,” said Julie Diddell\, who chairs the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route — New Jersey group in the statement. \n“This is a point of pride for residents of Westfield and an opportunity to learn the not often told account of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment which counted many African Americans and Native Americans in its ranks and of about the unsung hero\, General Lincoln\,” Diddell said. \nJay Hershey\, president of the West Fields Chapter\, Sons of the American Revolution said\, “Westfield’s March to Yorktown Day is a great event that celebrates an important part of our town’s history. The West Fields Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is proud to participate and help sponsor the occasion.” \n\n\nIf you go \nThe event will begin at Mindowaskin Park\, Westfield at 11 a.m. (rain or shine) with a remarks and then proceed with a symbolic “march” through the downtown of Westfield ending at the corner of North Avenue and Prospect Street. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and observe the march. U.S. and French flag waving are encouraged.
URL:https://w3r-us.org/event/washington-rochambeau-revolutionary-route-march-westfield/
LOCATION:Mindowaskin Park\, 385 E Broad St\, Westfield\, New Jersey\, 07090
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