Monday, October 1, 2012

History Comes Alive at the Museum

Saturday, October 6th from 11 am to 4 pm, the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts invites visitors to journey back in time with the New Jersey Frontier Guard.   

 Stationed on the Museum's front lawn, members of the New Jersey Frontier Guard will recreate and demonstrate the crafts, skills, military activities, and daily life of New Jersey residents during the mid-eighteenth century.  Visitors will have the opportunity to interact with the re-enactors and get a hands-on glimpse into the past.
 
 The New Jersey Frontier Guard is a non-profit educational organization, with the mission of accurately portraying life in the Royal Province of New Jersey during the period of the French and Indian Wars (1754 - 1765).  Through living history presentations, Frontier Guard members interpret life as it was in New Jersey during these turbulent times.  The organization is dedicated to improving the public's knowledge and awareness of New Jersey's frontier and to bringing new light on those fateful years during which, built the foundations of the American republic.  To learn more about the New Jersey Frontier Guard visit www.frontierguard.org

 Guests are invited to visit the Museum free of charge and explore the many different exhibits on display including the popular, Orphan to Apprentice: Child Indentures as Social Welfare.

 FREE Admission.  For more information call at 973-377-2982 x10 or visit our website at www.metc.org.

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