Reenactment: Prince Rodgers Military Family & Black Soldiers of the Civil War

Join NJCH and the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association for a special program and reception featuring the reenactors of the 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops as they salute Prince Rodgers and Black Soldiers of the Civil War in the historic setting of Prince Rodgers Cemetery.

The reception includes a special viewing of “Oh, Freedom! Blacks on the Battlefront and in the Aftermath of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey,” a traveling exhibit from New Jersey State Parks, Forests & Historic Sites exploring the service of Black Americans in the American Revolution as background to the contributions of the Prince Rodgers family in the Civil War.

Admission is free. Parking and reception will be at Green Knoll Volunteer Fire Company, 606 N. Bridge Street Bridgewater, NJ 08807.

The Prince Rodgers Foundation, Inc. hosts this memorial and living history event in cooperation with Somerset Patriots and Somerset County Historical Society. Historical reenactors of the 6th Regiment are presented by the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association with the sponsorship of NJCH, and Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission.