Centennial Celebration This Weekend At Washington Crossing Park

A 100th anniversary party for Washington Crossing Historic Park will be held this weekend and will feature free tours and a birthday party complete with cake on Sunday, July 23.

Starting Friday and going through Sunday, the public is invited to take a free tour of the Historic Village (located near the intersection of Routes 32 and 532) and the Thompson-Neely House and Farmstead (1638 River Rd., New Hope).

Tours at both sites will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No registration is required.

In addition, admission to Bowman’s Hill Tower will be free all weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (The elevator is currently not operating but the steps are open.)

The anniversary weekend will wrap up with a 100th birthday party on Sunday, July 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the park’s Visitor Center (1112 River Rd., Washington Crossing). There will be birthday cake and a meet and greet with Revolutionary War reenactors. Register for the birthday party at WashingtonCrossingPark.org/events.

“The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania established the park on July 25, 1917, and created the Washington Crossing Park Commission that year,” says Joseph Capone, executive director of the Friends of Washington Crossing Park. “A century later, Washington Crossing Historic Park hosts tens of thousands of visitors every year who come to see the point from which the Continental Army launched the daring counterattack that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.”

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