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Contact: Anne DeGraaf Morristown National Historical Park
30 Washington Place Morristown, NJ 07960 908-766-8217
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5th Annual Fall Harvest Celebration
At Morristown National Historical Park’s Jockey Hollow  - Sunday, October 7, 2007

Contact # for General Public: 973-543-4030 Morristown, NJ

-- The Herb Society of America, Northern New Jersey Unit presents its 5th annual Fall Harvest Celebration from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Morristown National Historical Park's (NHP) Jockey Hollow.

Dedicated volunteers from the Herb Society maintain Jockey Hollow's 18th-century style Wick Garden.
The Fall Harvest Celebration will include tours of the Wick Garden by Herb Society volunteers who will be available to answer your questions about the use of herbs and plants in colonial and revolutionary-era America.

Fresh produce can be "picked to order" from the garden to purchase. The Herb Society volunteers also will sell apples, flavored vinegars, dried herbs, baked goods, condiments, wreaths, and homemade herbal crafts.

All proceeds will benefit the Wick Garden. The event will be held rain or shine.

In case of rain, the herbal sales will be in Morristown NHP's Jockey Hollow Visitor Center.

*** Ongoing Programs: Park Hours: Daily, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The park is closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

Washington's Headquarters Museum: The museum is closed for a major renovation and expansion project and will remain closed until late 2007.

Tours of Washington's Headquarters at the Ford Mansion will continue during the construction project. The only toilets available to visitors during the construction project are portable toilets located in the visitor parking lot.
Because of the limited facilities during the project, Morristown NHP will not be able to accept reservations of group tours for groups of more than 12 people. We apologize for the inconveniences.
Tours of Washington's Headquarters at the Ford Mansion: 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. & 4 p.m.
The Wick House at Jockey Hollow: Seasonally, 9:30 a.m. – noon and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Call 973-543-4030 to check availability on day of your visit.)

Fees: Washington's Headquarters unit: $4 per person age 16 and older. Federal Recreation Passports honored.

*** For two critical winters of the American Revolution, 1777 and 1779-80, General George Washington chose the Morristown, New Jersey area as the main Continental Army's winter encampment.
Because of its strategic location, the area continually served as the military capital throughout the war.

During the 1779-1780 Jockey Hollow encampment, over 10,000 soldiers endured the war's most severe winter.

Morristown National Historical Park was established in 1933 to preserve and commemorate the story of the Continental Army struggling to survive during the American Revolution.

The park consists of four non-contiguous units including the Washington's Headquarters unit, Fort Nonsense, Jockey Hollow, and the New Jersey Brigade area.

The park features two original structures, Washington's Headquarters at the Ford Mansion and the Wick House in Jockey Hollow. There are approximately 27 miles of walking trails in Jockey Hollow. -NPS-