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Princeton Battlefield State Park

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Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Phone:
+1 609-921-0074

Address:
500 Mercer Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

The Princeton Battlefield in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, is where American and British troops fought each other on January 3, 1777 in the Battle of Princeton during the American Revolutionary War. The battle ended when the British soldiers in Nassau Hall surrendered. This success, shortly after Washington's crossing of the Delaware River and capturing the troops at the Old Barracks in Trenton, helped improve American morale. Part of the battlefield is now a state park, while other portions remain under threat of development. For several years, the Institute for Advanced Study has been attempting to build faculty housing on the portion of Princeton Battlefield known as Maxwell's field. The Princeton Battlefield Society is protesting the project in court, and national and local preservation organizations are working to prevent construction on the property. The American Battlefield Trust, based in Washington, D.C., has reached agreement with the institute to purchase almost 15 acres of the land for $4.5 million, more than $1 million above the site's appraised value. The Trust and its partners had already acquired and preserved 9 acres of the battlefield.On May 30, 2018, the Trust announced that it had finalized the purchase after raising almost $3.2 million from private donors, which was matched by an $837,000 grant from the National Park Service and the Mercer County Open Space Assistance Program. The completed purchase ended the long dispute over how and whether the battlefield land would be developed.
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