New Year's Day in New Jersey

Via NJ.Com:

On Saturday, The Battle of Trenton went as planned. The Continental Army defeated the Hessians, starting at the base of Trenton's Battle Monument, forcing the enemy down Warren Street and finishing the fight by the Assunpink Creek in Mill Hill Park. Spectators lined the streets along the path of the battle referred to by many as the turning point of the American Revolution, because before this dramatic victory for George Washington and his troops, the revolution seemed to be floundering.

The Stroock family has seen these reenactors one town over in Bound Brook and they do a presentation every 4th of July with our minor league baseball team, the Somerset Patriots. It's great fun. Click over, there's lots of great picks.

Of course the largest battle of the war was fought at Monmouth, about half an hour from here. We've walked that battlefield, which just happens to be a working farm.

Below is a pic we took from the reenactment of the Battle of Bound Brook.