Kingston Public Events

Photos from the Kingston Locktender’s House open house, part of the D&R Canal “5 Canal House Challenge” on September 13,2026. This was our first chance to show off our new furniture. It was recently received from the Potts family. We are working on a display in the North Room of the Locktender’s House. This room … Continue reading “2026 Five Canal Houses-Kingston”

South Brunswick Library described REVCON 250 as follows: “Dive into South Brunswick’s Revolutionary past at this all-ages festival of all things Colonial. Enjoy food trucks, beer garden, kids activities, reenactments, history talks, crafts, and more” Local historical organizations had tables in the air-conditioned new wing of the library. (outside temperature 90F) We concentrated on Kingston … Continue reading “KHS DISPLAY AT REVCON250”

The weather was cool and windy, but the Kingston Historical Society archivist crew was able to welcome visitors from Highland Park to Arizona as we demonstrated how a D&R Canal lock worked and how the first swing bridge worked. This year’s innovation was to bring the model of the canal lock outdoors so visitors could … Continue reading “May 2nd Open House Welcomes Visitors.”

https://archive.org/details/kingston-1999-parade Lots of Kingston fire departments, bands and dignitaries!!George is preparing a tea time talk for January, 2026 about the overall K1999 effort.

The third event of Sunday, January 4th was a reenactment of Washington’s Conference on Horseback, as announced (with background information) HERE. The event followed “Lunch with Washington and his Generals” held at Eno Terra, by the bridge in Kingston, and the morning battle reenactment on Princeton Pike in Princeton, NJ. While the generals were lunching, … Continue reading “Conference on Horseback 2026 photos”