Princeton NJ Events

Lafayette Returns to New Jersey State House

Wednesday September 25, 2024
3:00 PM

Lafayette reenactor Michael Halbert will arrive in Princeton and Trenton, NJ, on September 25, exactly 200 years after the French Founding Father of the United States was received with great pageantry.

Next week, exactly 200 years later to the hour, a reenactment of Lafayette’s visit will be subdued by comparison, but reenactor Michael Halbert will be received by the local officials in the same State House building, the nation’s third oldest, and feted that evening at the Historic Trenton Masonic Temple, around the corner from the City Tavern that hosted him in 1824.

The public is invited to register via the American Friends of Lafayette website to attend the State House reenactment at 3pm on Wednesday, September25 (arrive by 2:30) and to purchase tickets ($45) for the evening Grand Welcome Reception at the Historic Trenton Masonic Hall at 100 Barrack Street.

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So You Think You Know Civics: What is Civic Participation?, Morven Museum & Garden

Wednesday September 25, 2024
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Hyacinth Miller, assistant teaching professor at Rutgers - Newark School of Arts and Sciences, Africana Studies and Political Science Departments, leads an interactive discussion about what it means to participate in our civic system, exploring how we currently contribute and can work to make change for everyone in our communities. Hybrid event. Register. Free.

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