Morristown National Historical Park, a Military Capital of the American Revolution

The title Morristown National Historical Park, a Military Capital of the American Revolution describes the park as a military capital of the American Revolution. The text says that, outgeneraled, bewildered, and half in panic, the British forces pulled back to New Brunswick. The text says Washington’s original plan at the beginning of this lightninglike campaign was to capture New Brunswick, where he might have destroyed all the British stores and magazines.

The text says dancing was another popular diversion among the officers that winter, with at least two balls held in Morristown by subscription, one on February 23 and the other on March 3. Captain Shaw is quoted as complaining that “three nights going till after two o’clock have they made us keep it up.” The text says that in the late 1920’s, under the energetic leadership of former Mayor of Morristown Clyde Potts, a strong movement developed to save other historic remains connected with the Revolutionary War history of this locality.