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The 1770s Festival promotes historical and environmental education, highlighting the role of unsung Revolutionary War hero William Alexander, Lord Stirling, who lived on the site and served under General George Washington. Each year visitors to the estate at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge are brought back to the life and times of the late 1700s. Join local craftspeople plying their trades, tour Lord Stirling’s personal wine cellar, and step back in time while enjoying colonial era music, food and fresh pressed apple cider!Lord Stirling (the Scottish earldom and title acquired by William Alexander of Basking Ridge) was close friends with George Washington and served as a Major General directly under his command during the Revolution. Stirling built his manor house around 1762 and lived there for 20 years. An archeological team sponsored by the Somerset County Park Commission excavated part of the site and has studied the recovered artifacts which are on display. Part of the original Stirling manor house foundation still exists under the house now occupying the site and the cellar is open to the public for tours for the day.
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Environmental Education Center at Lord Stirling Park, 190 Lord Stirling Rd,Basking Ridge,NJ,United States
