The Washington Association of New Jersey is the not-for-profit and Congressionally legislated advisory body for Morristown National Historical Park.

The Park’s primary historic site is the Jacob Ford, Jr. mansion, which served as George Washington’s military headquarters during the Continental Army’s 1779-80 encampment in Morristown.

The contribution of Washington’s Morristown Headquarters to the success of the American Revolution was underscored by a group of prominent men, “the founding four”, who purchased the mansion from Ford’s descendants at an auction in 1873.

On March 20, 1874, to oversee the preservation and maintenance of the site, the Washington Association of New Jersey was incorporated. The following July, the Association’s newly created charter and By-laws established that the house be open to the public.

You can visit their site at: http://www.wanj.org/