Capitol Comments

Assemblyman Alex Sauickie

TRENTON - In two short months, the National Society of the Cincinnati will host a two-day tour of the Monmouth Battlefield in Freehold. The society is well known in Revolutionary War circles for its excellent educational programming and tours of battlefields. The fact that a national group is touring one of New Jersey’s many battlefields is testament to the importance of our state in the upcoming 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence and to the possibilities of historic tourism.

New Jersey is known as the “Crossroads of the Revolution” not merely because of its location between British-held New York City and the patriot capital of Philadelphia, but also because 296 engagements occurred within our borders - the most of any of the thirteen colonies. It was also the home of two winter encampments of the Continental Army and many privateer forces off our coast.

As a member of the New Jersey General