If you want to find us, we are hosted on Hunterdon County's website under the Living section or go to https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/1367/Hunterdon-300th. There you will find the Hunterdon 300th's full website with our new calendar, merchandise, pictures and more. Please check out our merchandise section where you will find many Hunterdon history books, rain gear with our logo, "Blue Skies" - our wonderful Dan Campanelli watercolor of the historic courthouse, our fabulous woven throw offered in 4 colors -- made in America, 100% cotton at an affordable $40, our new calendar and much more.
About that calendar -- Now also available at the County Clerk's Office in Flemington. We have booked over 160 different events with our partners to celebrate and educate abut the American Revolution. The calendar allows you to see EVERY event in 2026, and save the dates now for the lectures, re-enactments, music and events you really want to attend. At $15, you get a high quality calendar with beautiful prints of Dan Campanelli's tavern signs and tavern histories from revolutionary Hunterdon, 2026's events listed in advance, and then a full 2027 calendar for your use. The calendars are available at all of our lectures, Shop Rite in Flemington and Clinton, at the County Clerk's office on Main Street, Flemington, and by contacting is at 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH: “10 CRUCIAL DAYS”: Christmas Day, 1776, Washington's army looked down the jaws of defeat. 10 days later, the war had turned. Join the winter patriots who marched with Washington, fought, and died in frigid temperatures during those “times that tried men’s souls”. Through meticulous primary source research and masterful storytelling, author William L. Kidder corrects the record and presents what we now know about how Washington exploited his enemy’s hubris by leading his upstart army in daring maneuvers that humiliated His Majesty’s forces in just ten short days that changed the course of history. Free. Reservations required. Free refreshments follow.
Larry Kidder offers the definitive talk on the 10 Crucial Days, a topic so important to the American Revolution and Hunterdon County History, it will be re-offered as our finale of our series "On the Threshold of Independence, Hunterdon County 1775-1776" on December 18, 2026 at 7pm at the Hunterdon County Historic Courthouse in Flemington.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ten-crucial-days-tickets-1971429668207?aff=oddtdtcreator
SOLD OUT: SUNDAY, JANUARY 18TH: HEADQUARTERS FARM TOUR & COLONIAL NIBBLES (Postponed from January 11th): A rare opportunity to see a 1735 estate with the original mill established by John Opdycke. The stone farmhouse dates back to 1758. The mill hasn’t worked for a long time, but the machinery is largely intact. Following a personal tour by owner Roger Byrom, you will be escorted to the Winter Kitchen for a fabulous snack of colonial nibbles cooking on an open hearth. Margaret, our hearth chef, will give a brief talk and answer questions about authentic hearth cooking.
Limited to 25 guests, $10 per person. Reservations and payment in advance via Eventbrite or by emaiing 300info@co.hunterdon.nj.us to make a reservation and then send a personal check payable to the Hunterdon 300th, 3 Chorister Place, Flemington, NJ 08822.
6 Zentek Road, Stockton. 3 to 5 pm.
This event will be re-offered on March 8, October 17, November 8, and December 13, 2026.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH: “JACOB FRANCIS: THE REVOLUTIONARY WORLD OF A FREED BLACK MAN”: Our Black History Month talk brings the story of free Black man Jacob Francis of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey who was indentured out by his free Black mother to age 21. Five different men "owned his time" during his indenture and each provided a different experience for him. The last man lived in Salem, Massachusetts and Jacob lived there between 1768 and 1775 during the buildup to fighting in the American Revolution. Jacob enlisted in a Massachusetts Continental regiment in October 1775 and served through the siege of Boston, the New York campaign, and the Battle of Trenton. When his enlistment expired on January 1, 1777, he left the army and went back to his birthplace to find his mother and learn his family surname. He established himself in Amwell and turned out for active militia duty for the rest of the war. In 1789 he married an enslaved woman named Mary whose master sold her to him on their wedding day. He freed her and together they raised a family of nine children. After his life of farming, Jacob and Mary moved into the village of Flemington about 1811 and lived there the remainder of their lives. They were active in the local Baptist Church where they are both buried. The story of Jacob and his family helps us understand the longstanding systemic racism that Black people in the United States have had to deal with while working to establish their place in society. It is a story of grit and determination combined with kindness and friendship as only hstorian and author William "Larry" Kidder can tell it.
American Baptist Church, 170 Man Street, Flemington, NJ 08822.
Free. Reservations required. Free refreshments follow.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH: “BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP: ITS SIGNIFICANT COLONIAL HISTORY”: In 1776, Bethlehem Township encompassed about one third of what is now Hunterdon County. Life was hard and significant skirmishes between loyalists and patriots occurred throughout this mighty municipality. Bethlehem historian and author of "Colonial and Revolutionary Bethlehem Township", Charles Riddle, will provide this fascinating lecture.
Free. Reservations required. Free refreshments follow.
FROM OUR PARTNERS:
JANUARY 5TH THRU FEBRUARY 27TH: HOOKED REGIMENTAL, MILITIA, REGIONAL FLAG RUGS EXHIBIT: North Branch of the County Library. Exhibition open to the public during Library hours.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10TH: SAMUEL FLEMING MUSEUM HOUSE TOURS: Tours 1-3pm. Samuel Fleming emigrated from Ireland in the early 18th century, building one of the first permanent dwellings in the Amwell Valley—the home where he and his wife Esther, the daughter of French Huguenots, raised their ten children. Their family's influence extended beyond the Revolutionary War in New Jersey, and the house they built played host to a number of prominent Hunterdon County and New Jersey families.
Samuel Fleming House Museum & Gardens, 5 Bonnell Street, Flemington
https://www.samuelfleminghouse.org
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH: “CELEBRATE 250: MUSIC OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION”: Husband and wife duet Anne and Ridley Enslow perform patriot colonial music with hammered dulcimer and violin. North Branch of the County Library. 2pm. Free. Reservations required.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH: MOVED FROM FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD: MOVIE MATINEE: “1776”: A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. Run time 2 hours, 22 minutes.
https://hclibrary.libcal.com/event/14760723
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH: NATIONS AND CANONS KICKOFF: with Country Dancing performance. 1pm. Main
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH: HUNTERDON SYMPHONY: "7 STORIES OF OLD HUNTERDON": The Hunterdon Symphony's annual Concert for Young People is not just for kids! People of all ages enjoy this concert, and this year’s performances promises to be extra special as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
The program will include:Seven Stories featuring children or animals (in Hunterdon County 1750-1899), read at the concert by a variety of narrators.
Illustrations projected over the orchestra during the concert
Music composed by Lawrence Kursar
Our annual Concert for Young People is not just for kids! People of all ages enjoy this concert, and this year’s performances promises to be extra special as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
The program will include:
Seven Stories featuring children or animals (in Hunterdon County 1750-1899), read at the concert by a variety of narrators.
Illustrations projected over the orchestra during the concert
Music composed by Lawrence Kursar
Children $5, Seniors $15, Adults $20
https://www.hunterdonsymphony.org/
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH: MOVIE MATINEE “THE PATRIOT”: A widowed farmer, with a brave but brutal military past, decides not to join up when the British arrive in 1776. However, when his son enlists and is later captured by the enemy, the former soldier must abandon his new-found pacifist principles in order to rescue his oldest child, and forms a regiment of Carolina patriots, whose guerrilla tactics prove pivotal to the US war effort. North Branch of the Hunterdon County Library, Clinton, NJ. 2 pm; 2 hours, 45 minutes.
Free. Reservations required.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST: SAMUEL FLEMING MUSEUM PRESENTS AN IRISH SODA BREAD AND BUTTER DEMONSTRATION AND HOUSE TOURS: 1-3pm
https://www.samuelfleminghouse.org/
