Happy new year! Crossroads starts 2020 with renewed enthusiasm and energy to support New Jersey's deep Revolutionary heritage. That's much needed energy as we focus attention on the nation's 250th anniversary just six years from now.  

 

This spring we, along with our partner the New Jersey Historical Commission, will announce the findings of our statewide site assessment, the first comprehensive review of 140 historic sites and New Jersey's Revolutionary heritage tourism potential. Researched and analyzed by our expert team from Clarke Caton Hintz, Hunter Research and Hargrove International, the report will include recommendations on the feasibility of possible locations for one or more New Jersey Revolutionary heritage visitor centers. In total, the assessment will help us set fundraising targets to fund needed site improvements and visitor center development.

 

While the 250th work is in process, we continue to support our Heritage Partners with innovative professional development workshops that help them present realistic portrayals of colonial era life as we raise public awareness of New Jersey's extraordinary Revolutionary era heritage. We're hard at work on several Crossroads-branded interpretive signs to be dedicated this year, giving more sites a way to tell their stories to visitors 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We're also reinvigorating our online presence to share Heritage Partner events through our website, RevolutionaryNJ.org, as well as Facebook and Instagram.

 

On behalf of our board and staff, we're grateful for the support of our partners, contributors, funders and the growing number of individuals and families who've become Crossroads members. Through your contributions, you show that New Jersey's Revolutionary heritage is worth promoting and sharing for generations to come.

 

Warmly,

Janice Selinger

Executive Director