Building a House, Building a Nation: The Wallace House in the Environment

Reenactor Scott Lance practices historic carpentry and the Old Millstone Forge Association demonstrates blacksmithing on the grounds of the Wallace House. Interactive exhibits introduce the traditional techniques and sustainable materials including oak and pine, earth and flax, cedar and stone used in the construction of the Wallace House 250 years ago and in the rehabilitation of the Wallace House underway today.

🎶 2 p.m. Historical musician and balladeer Linda Russell presents Songs of Nature and the Land from the American Revolution to the environmental movement.

🌳 3 p.m. Somerville Environmental Commission celebrates the planting of the Borough of Somerville’s seedling of New Jersey’s Salem Oak.

Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites are supported by the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association, Proud Partner of Revolution NJ.

🧱 The Revitalization of State Historic Sites is underway “Down the Brook” for Revolution NJ. The historic rehabilitation of Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage is supported in part by Semiquincentennial Grants from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

⭐ is New Jersey’s official observance of the 250th anniversaries of New Jersey’s first Constitution July 2, 2026 and the American Revolution in New Jersey from 2024 – 2033.

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