Haddonfield to host revolutionary skirmish
HADDONFIELD Red Coats and rebels will face off once again when the American Revolution returns to South Jersey for the third annual "Skirmish on Kings Highway."
Red Coats and rebels will face off once again when the American Revolution returns to South Jersey for the third annual "Skirmish on Kings Highway."
On Saturday, the event will mark the 237th anniversary of the British encampment in Haddonfield.
Revolutionary reenactors - the Second Pennsylvania Regiment - will gather at the Indian King Tavern Museum beginning 10 a.m.
Around 1 p.m., the Red Coats from the First Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers will march down Kings Highway.
When the two groups meet, the skirmish will begin, with the future of the colonies at stake.
The fight will last about 30 minutes, and there will be space for people to watch along the street, which will be closed to traffic.
Afterward, children will have a chance to march down the street with wooden muskets. Tours of the museum will be held throughout the day.
The Indian King Tavern Museum, where the state seal was adopted and New Jersey became a state, is at 233 Kings Highway East.
More information is available on its website, indiankingfriends.org
- Inquirer staff