Red Coats won… this time.

Amidst smoke and musket fire, re-enactors portraying both the Loyalists to the King and the Colonialists, faced-off in downtown Haddonfield on Saturday, June 7. The event, called “Skirmishing on the March to the Battle of Monmouth,” was the talk of Haddonfield. 

The Second Pennsylvania Regiment – the Rebels - encamped at the Indian King Tavern at 233 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, until they battled with the First Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers (the Red Coats or Loyalists).

Around 1 p.m. the Red Coats marched down Kings Highway and encountered a much smaller division of Colonial Rebels, where the factions battled volleying musket fire. The battle peaked when Red Coats took over the Indian King Tavern and a nearby house, both by force.

Earlier in the day, re-enactors cooked over fires and guarding their camps at the Indian King and across the street at Borough Hall. Red Coats strolled and gathered the downtown business district.

Remington and Vernick sponsored for the event, which marked the 236th anniversary of the British encampment in Haddonfield.

 Visiting the Indian King Tavern is like stepping back in time to the Revolutionary Era, with its period rooms and historical details. The Indian King Tavern is where the New Jersey Rebel Assembly met in 1777 as we fought a war against the British who were occupying the state. The tavern is now a museum and an important part of our state’s history. The Indian King Tavern is a state-owned historic site operated with the assistance of the Friends of the Indian King Tavern.

http://www.indiankingfriends.org