Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General
Washington and the Continental Army’s winter encampment from December 1779 to
June 1780, where soldiers survived the coldest winter on record. The park also
maintains a museum and library collection related to the encampments and to
George Washington, as well as items from both pre- and post-Revolutionary
America.

Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General Washington and the Continental Army’s winter encampment from December 1779 to June 1780, where soldiers survived the coldest winter on record. The park also maintains a museum and library collection related to the encampments and to George Washington, as well as items from both pre- and post-Revolutionary America.

A 18th century style kitchen garden with vegetables and herbs

Wick House Kitchen Garden

View of the front facade of the Jockey Hollow Visitor Center

Jockey Hollow Visitor Center

The Ford Mansion where General Washington headquartered during the winter of 1779-80

Ford Mansion with Washington Statue

Fort Nonsense--the site of an earthen fort during the American Revolution-offers a view toward New York City

View from Fort Nonsense

The Ford Mansion was the headquarters for General George Washington during the "Hard Winter" of 1779-1780

Ford Mansion

The Wick House in the fall.

Wick House

The front facade of the Washington's Headquarters Museum, which was designed in 1933 to look similar to Washington's Mt Vernon home.

Washington's Headquarters Museum

The Cross Estate property was the site of the New Jersey Brigade winter encampement in 1779-1780. Today the encampment site is preserved while the estate is host to several beautiful gardens.

Cross Estate Mansion and Gardens

These replica soldier huts represent the location of the Pennsylvania Brigade encampment site in Jockey Hollow

Replica Soldier Huts

The front facade of the Ford Mansion in summer.

Morristown National Historical Park

The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of more than 560 refuges
in the National Wildlife Refuge System that is administered by the Department
of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Great Swamp is here to
conserve its natural resources for the America public while protecting
threatened and endangered species for future generations. The National
Wildlife Refuge System is a network of lands and waters managed specifically
for the protection of wildlife and its habitat. It represents the most
comprehensive wildlife management program in the world.

The Great Swamp NWR is located in Morris County, New Jersey, about 26 miles
west of Manhattan's Times Square. The refuge was established by an act of
Congress on November 3, 1960. Today the refuge consists of 7,768 acres of
varied habitats, and the refuge has become an important resting and feeding
area for more than 244 species of birds. Fox, deer, muskrat, turtles, fish,
frogs and a wide variety of wildflowers and plants can be found on the refuge.

The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System
in order to ensure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding
settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas in
the United States, and its possession, leaving no lands designated for
preservation and protection in their natural condition. The Great Swamp
Wilderness Act of 1968 established the first wilderness area designated within
the Department of the Interior.

The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of more than 560 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System that is administered by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Great Swamp is here to conserve its natural resources for the America public while protecting threatened and endangered species for future generations. The National Wildlife Refuge System is a network of lands and waters managed specifically for the protection of wildlife and its habitat. It represents the most comprehensive wildlife management program in the world.The Great Swamp NWR is located in Morris County, New Jersey, about 26 miles west of Manhattan's Times Square. The refuge was established by an act of Congress on November 3, 1960. Today the refuge consists of 7,768 acres of varied habitats, and the refuge has become an important resting and feeding area for more than 244 species of birds. Fox, deer, muskrat, turtles, fish, frogs and a wide variety of wildflowers and plants can be found on the refuge.The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System in order to ensure that an  increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas in the United States, and its possession, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition. The Great Swamp Wilderness Act of 1968 established the first wilderness area designated within the Department of the Interior.

Bird's eye view of the park

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Today, the brick buildings on Main Street in West Orange, NJ seem quiet,
betraying little evidence of the research, development, and innovation of
their heyday. Visitors can step back in time to Thomas Edison’s home and
laboratory, when machines were run by belts and pulleys and music was played
on phonographs. Discover where America’s greatest inventor changed our world
forever.

Today, the brick buildings on Main Street in West Orange, NJ seem quiet, betraying little evidence of the research, development, and innovation of their heyday. Visitors can step back in time to Thomas Edison’s home and laboratory, when machines were run by belts and pulleys and music was played on phonographs. Discover where America’s greatest inventor changed our world forever.

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

One of main machine shops, where Thomas Edison and his staff worked on research and development, prototypes, and products.

Heavy Machine Shop at the Edison Laboratory Complex

Thomas Edison's poured concrete garage houses both electric and gas powered vehicles belonging to the Edison family.

Glenmont Garage

The Black Maria was the first building built for the recording of motion pictures. This exact replica of the original was built as a movie set for the film "Edison the Man", starring Spencer Tracy, in 1954.

Replica Black Maria

Thomas Edison National Historical Park Preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont.

Just as Thomas Edison did every morning, visitors can walk in his footsteps by entering the laboratory complex's iron main gate.

Park Entrance

The Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is one of Newark?s newest
organizations, blending arts, cultural planning and event programming with
community economic development. Incorporated in 1999, the mission of LPCCD is
to plan, design and develop a comprehensive arts and cultural district, and
establishing a museum dedicated to collecting, interpreting, preserving,
archiving and exhibiting African-American music.

The Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is one of Newark?s newest organizations, blending arts, cultural planning and event programming with community economic development.  Incorporated in 1999, the mission of LPCCD is to plan, design and develop a comprehensive arts and cultural district, and establishing a museum dedicated to collecting, interpreting, preserving, archiving and exhibiting African-American music.

Morristown National Historical Park

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