North Jersey American Revolution Round Table

10/16/2026

Join us for a fascinating topic!

The North Jersey American Revolution Round Table hosts its October meeting on October 22 at 7 p.m. The meeting will also be available on Zoom.

The topic is “The Articles of Confederation: America’s Misunderstood First Government Framework.” Historian Denver Brunsman will explore how the Articles helped establish the new nation and why they have often been misunderstood as simply a failure. He will also discuss how the Articles shaped the balance of power between the national and state governments.

Brunsman is Associate Professor and Chair of History at George Washington University and author of George Washington and His World: Enslaver, Revolutionary, President (2026).

👉 For the zoom link, send an email to [email protected] no later than October 21.



📷Image credit: Library of Congress
Image description: First page of the 1777 pamphlet *Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Between the States*, published in Lancaster by Francis Bailey. The page contains the title and printed text of the Articles of Confederation.

10/14/2026

The Round Table’s meeting this month is on the Articles of the Confederation. Join us on zoom on October 22 at 7pm.

For the link, send an email to [email protected].

10/09/2026

NJARRT PRESENTS GUIDED TOUR OF MONMOUTH
On Saturday, October 17, a guided tour (8:45 AM-4:30 PM) at Monmouth Battlefield and 3 other nearby sites associated with the American Revolution.

Cost is $35 and payment required by Oct 14. To register,
Email [email protected] with your contact information

No transportation provided, tour will begin at each site at prearranged time. Rain or shine. Tour size limited to 20.

09/06/2026

This Thursday, September 10 at 7pm on zoom. The extraordinary life of the Marquis de Lafayette! Chuck Schwam from American Friends of Lafayette is our speaker. Contact us at [email protected] to get the link.

08/26/2026

A 19 year old - who is also one of the richest men in the country- defies his government and goes off to fight in an insurgency half a world away.

Meet Gilbert du Motier. You know him as the Marquis de Lafayette!

Chuck Schwam reviews Lafayette’s extraordinary life in a talk for NJARRT over zoom. September 10 at 7 pm. If you are not a round table member, request the link via email to [email protected].

05/14/2026

Tonight! Rick Bell presents to the NJARRT about "The Tragedy of Tom Paine"! Join us at 7pm at Morristown National Historical Park. 30 Washington Place, Morristown.

04/30/2026

Sign up now!

Talk by Prof Richard Bell, U Maryland on the Tragedy of Tom Paine, the author of the Revolutionary pamphlet of 1776 - Common Sense.

May 14 at 7pm

Takes place at Morristown National Historical Park and on zoom. For the zoom link, email a request to [email protected]

04/20/2026

On May 23, we are offering a tour of 3 sites associated with the Battle of Princeton. Will Krakower, chief historian and site manager will lead the tour of the Princeton Battlefield Park including the Clarke House. The tour will also include Morven, home of Declaration Signer Richard Stockton and the Princeton Cemetery where many notables are buried.

The Registration Deadline is May 13. Tour cost is $30 (transportation/lunch is not provided).

If you are interested, email [email protected] for all details and registration.

04/17/2026

One of only two full statues of Thomas Paine in the entire USA is located in Morristown's Burnham Park. Paine’s insights and writings, presented in the Crisis Papers, Common Sense, Rights of Man, etc. were powerfully effective during the American Revolution and remain inspirational to this day.

Prof. Rick Bell (U. Maryland) speaks at the next meeting of the Round Table about how Tom Paine died a pariah, too radical and uncompromising for the cautious new country he had called into being.

Join us in person on May 14 at 7pm at Morristown National Historical Park or for the zoom link, email [email protected]

04/06/2026

Don't miss Encampment Weekend at Jockey Hollow April 18 and 19!