Crossroads January 2022 eNewsletter

January 2022

Crossroads Gazette

A New Year's message from our Executive Director

Friends -

Crossroads of the American Revolution Association starts 2022 invigorated and deeply grateful for your support. On behalf of the board and staff, I thank everyone who made a financial contribution during our year-end giving campaign. We’re looking forward to a strong, productive 12 months ahead.

In just four years, the United States will mark its 250th anniversary, and Crossroads continues to partner with the New Jersey Historical Commission to make the most of this opportunity through the official state commemoration, Revolution NJ. We’re grateful to the many committed volunteers on our working groups and look forward to sharing the process for the public to submit ideas for official Revolution NJ programs, events and projects.

The 250^th is a focal point of Crossroads’ longstanding mission to help people connect to New Jersey’s Revolutionary heritage, and we continue to work on new and existing initiatives even as we work on the commemoration. Most recently we introduced the first in a series of smartphone-based audio tours to bring Revolutionary stories to people on the road or at home. Our statewide branded signage program continues to expand, most recently with welcome signs at Morristown National Historical Park. And as our Heritage Partners continue to adjust their own programming in recognition of public health realities, we’re working to keep you informed of changes.

Your continued support for Crossroads shows that New Jersey’s Revolutionary heritage is worth promoting and sharing for generations to come. Thank you once again.

Warm regards,

Janice Selinger

Executive Director

Audio Tour Launch Draws Explorer, Media Interest

The official events and moving reenactments of the Ten Crucial Days have concluded for another year, but you can still experience the drama of the crossing of the Delaware, the Battles of Trenton and Princeton through Crossroads’ new smartphone-based audio tour.

Introduced just before the 245^th anniversary of Washington’s Christmas night 1776 crossing of the Delaware River, the Ten Crucial Days tour brings travelers the recollections of those who were actually there as the events unfolded. It’s available 24 hours a day, every day of the year, for use on the road, or on your home or office computer.

And the word is out! News 12 New Jersey, WNYC radio and Gothamist are just a few of the media outlets who reported on the release of Crossroads’ first audio tour.

It’s the start of a planned statewide network of audio tours that will introduce New Jersey’s Revolutionary heritage to heritage travelers and new audiences as we approach the 250^th anniversary of the United States.

Crossroads extends our thanks to the many talented people who lent their expertise to bring the Ten Crucial Days alive. Read more about them here.

The Ten Crucial Days audio tour was funded by the National Park Service, the George A. Ohl Trust, the F.M. Kirby Foundation and Friends of Washington Crossing Park, Pennsylvania, through a generous contribution from Visit Bucks County.

Stay Updated with Crossroads All Month Long

We're working to keep our social media and website updated with the latest information from our Heritage Partners' site and event status during the COVID-19 crisis. We're committed to be your source for rescheduled event dates and site re-openings as we receive them.

Board of Trustees

Thomas H. Kean, Honorary Chair ● Sally Lane, Chair ● Edward Allison ● Steve Ayscue ●

Laura Crowley, CPA ● Iris Delgado ● Dale Florio ● Jennifer Godoski ●

Seth Hahn ● Joshua Henne ● Jeff Kaszerman ● Patrick Murray ● Andrew Musick ●

Michael Murphy, Esq. ● Tony Perry ● Henry Rinder, CPA ● Laura Szwak

Crossroads Staff

Janice Selinger, Executive Director ● Sue Kaufmann, Communications Director ●

Amy Osterhout, Program Manager ● Roseann Butterfield, Office Administrator

James Malchow, Development Associate

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