Day 1: Mercer County

Start your trip at Rockingham State Historic Site, located along the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway. While best known as George Washington’s final headquarters during the Revolutionary War, the site’s preservation is also an example of community activism lead by women. Learn about Kate McFarlane’s and Josephine Thompson Swann’s relentless and successful advocacy to save the house from demolition in the late nineteenth century. From there, drive the short distance into downtown Princeton for lunch. Spend the afternoon at Morven Museum and Garden, home to Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stroll through the gardens and tour the house, home to noted eighteenth century poet Annis Boudinot Stockton, Richard’s wife.   

Princeton offers several B&Bs for overnight stays. 

Day 2: Mercer County

Head into Trenton to visit the Old Barracks Museum, the only remaining eighteenth century barracks structure in New Jersey. Beulah Oliphant, along with her fellow Daughters of the American Revolution, led the early efforts to save the building, one of the first historic preservation initiatives led by women. From there, travel north along the Delaware River to Howell Living History Farm, a working farm where you can immerse yourself in the domestic and farming life of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Venture into Lambertville to enjoy lunch at one of the many eateries and then after, take a stroll along the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath.