December 30, 2023

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Several hundred history buffs turned out this morning (Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023) to view the annual reenactment of the first Battle of Trenton, which took place on Dec. 26, 1776. Ending in a victory for Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army, the battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution.

Armed with a canon and muskets, actors portraying soldiers of both sides kicked off the reenactment just after 11 a.m. from the area of the Battle Monument and marched down Broad Street to Mill Hill Park.

A reenactment of the Second Battle of Trenton (which took place on Jan. 2, 1777) was scheduled to take place in Mill Hill Park at 3 p.m.