120 East State

Black Soldiers & The Many Sides of the Revolution
2025-12-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join Steve Thomas, reenactor, as he shows and tells about the lives of Black soldiers and the many different experiences of people during the Revolutionary War, through stories and songs. Suited for families and children of all ages. Meet Steve in Fellowship Hall.

About Steve Thomas
Steve Thomas is a seasoned historical reenactor and performer who has been bringing America’s past to life since the age of ten. With over 20 years of experience in the living history community, he has appeared in numerous productions for major outlets including Netflix, PBS, and a variety of feature films, where his passion for authenticity and storytelling shines through every performance. In addition to his on-screen and live event work, Steve Thomas of Living History Co. is the founder and director of a national staffing and casting company that recruits and manages professional historical interpreters and reenactors for film, television, museums, and large-scale events across the country. Steve also performs with the renowned Philly Fife and Drum Company, appearing at prestigious venues such as the Union League and events hosted by Fox Sports, among others. Through performance, education, and leadership, Steve continues to preserve and promote America’s rich cultural heritage for audiences nationwide.

Site Tour
2025-12-27 11:00 - 12:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join us for conversation and a walk through the historic First Presbyterian Church and learn about its past, present and future. Meet in the parking lot.

“Revolutionary Lives: Living the American Experiment” Exhibit
2025-12-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-26 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-23 12:00 - 14:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Exhibition Dates in 120ES Fellowship Hall:

December 23rd 12pm – 2pm
December 26th 12pm – 2pm
December 27th 10am – 4pm
December 28th 2:30 am – 4pm
January 3rd 12pm – 2pm
January 4th 12pm – 2pm
January 5th 12pm – 2pm

About The Exhibition
The American Revolution created dramatic disruptions and opportunities for the people of New Jersey. While much is known about the challenges faced by the leaders of the conflict, most Americans are less familiar with the experiences of ordinary people. We invite you to explore their lives and how their experiences, views, and choices were shaped by their unique circumstances.
New Jersey’s diversity mirrors its Revolutionary narrative. Like today, the state was a rich mix of distinct languages, religions, and cultures. Loyalties were roughly divided between those supporting the Revolution, those opposed, and the rest who were uncommitted. Allegiances bred bitter divisions and deep suspicion, in many ways creating a civil war. By the end of the War, the state suffered more damage than most and endured more violent clashes than any other.
The traveling exhibition explores this tumultuous period through the stories of everyday people under extraordinary circumstances. They urge us to consider how their stories echo through time, and what we can do to fulfill the promises and ideals of the Revolution.
This exhibition is a project of RevolutionNJ, a public/private partnership between the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the New Jersey Department of State, and Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, Inc.

STORYWALKS by Crossroads Program Informational Webinar
2025-12-01 17:30 - 18:30 | NJ
The STORYWALKS program offers instruction to interested adults (age 18 or older) on how to create, market, and deliver an informative and engaging place-based, story-focused tour.
The training requires a commitment of approximately 15 hours to complete. The program begins with an informational online webinar from 5:00 – 6:30 pm on Monday, December 1, 2025 for Trenton applicants and 5:00 – 6:30 pm on Thursday, December 4, for New Brunswick applicants.
An intensive one-day in-person workshop will be conducted in two locations from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm:

Trenton: Saturday, January 24, 2026 – 120 East State Street, Trenton
New Brunswick: January 31, 2026 – East Jersey Olde Town (Inclement Weather Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026)

Following the in-person training, each participant will receive up to two hours of customized consultation to produce their required assignments to receive a certificate of completion recognizing their status as a STORYWALKS guide. A one-hour evaluation will be scheduled via Zoom in late February 2026 for each participant to present their final assignment and complete a short quiz.
A short application is available for completion. Interested individuals are encouraged to complete their application and send it by email to info@revolutionarynj.org by November 21, 2025.
Notifications will be made to the successful applicants by November 25/26, 2025.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, feel free to contact us at info@revolutionarynj.org

STORYWALKS by Crossroads Virtual Information Session
2025-11-26 08:00 - 17:00 | NJ
Virtual Meeting Login Details

Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83305999276?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 833 0599 9276
Passcode: [REDACTED]

About The Program
The STORYWALKS program offers instruction to interested adults (age 18 or older) on how to create,
market, and deliver an informative and engaging place-based, story-focused tour.
The training requires a commitment of approximately 15 hours to complete. The program begins with
an informational online webinar from 5:00 – 6:30 pm on Monday, December 1, 2025 for Trenton
applicants and 5:00 – 6:30 pm on Thursday, December 4, for New Brunswick applicants.
An intensive one-day in-person workshop will be conducted in two locations from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm:

Trenton: Saturday, January 24, 2026 – 120 East State Street, Trenton
New Brunswick: January 31, 2026 – East Jersey Olde Town
(Inclement Weather Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026)

Following the in-person training, each participant will receive up to two hours of customized
consultation to produce their required assignments to receive a certificate of completion recognizing
their status as a STORYWALKS guide. A one-hour evaluation will be scheduled via Zoom in late February
2026 for each participant to present their final assignment and complete a short quiz.
A short application is available for completion. Interested individuals are encouraged to complete their
application and send it by email to info@revolutionarynj.org by November 21, 2025. Notifications will
be made to the successful applicants by November 25-26, 2025.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, feel free to contact us at
info@revolutionarynj.org

Biocraft Fest
2025-10-19 10:00 - 16:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
A celebration of natural materials and the amazing crafts and works of art we can make from them. Enjoy Perwinkle Skies’ Botanical Paint Workshop, community organizer and farmer ImaniNia’s thoughts on urban gardening and so much more.

Revoluntionary Mile: Downtown Trenton Team Challenge
2025-10-16 16:30 - 18:30 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
We are registered for the 2025 Revolutionary Walk/Run event, sponsored by the Trenton Downtown Association (TDA), October 16th from 4:30-6:30pm! Registration is $30.00 per person.

Participants can choose their team challenge:
Walking participants can register under the link below – Listed as 120 East State, Danica is Team Leader
https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Trenton/RevolutionaryMile?raceRefCode=3MhyvKES

Running participants can register under the link below – Listed as 120East State, Jeff is the Team Leader
https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Trenton/RevolutionaryMile?raceRefCode=R43ouGcj

120 East State will be a part of the Historic Footsteps journey and will be landmarked as such on the route by a yellow umbrella!

TCAT 25th Anniversary Luncheon
2025-10-12 14:00 - 16:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
For 25 amazing years, TCAT has uplifted Trenton’s self-taught artists — showcasing their talents, building community pride, and proving that art can transform lives.
Now, it’s time to celebrate — and we want YOU with us!
📅 Date: Sunday, October 12th, 2:00 PM
📍 Location: 120 East State St., Trenton, NJ
Expect a day full of art, live music, great food, and community spirit as we honor the artists, leaders, and supporters who have shaped our past — and look ahead to an even brighter future.
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now — only 100 available!
Reserve your spot today and be part of this unforgettable milestone: https://trenton-community-a-team.square.site/product/25th-anniversary-luncheon-ticket/OXBMK7IRQSZ5C6FDZRN6CYP4?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2025 Music Contest Award Ceremony
2025-09-20 15:00 - 16:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Come celebrate the announcement of our three Music Contest Award Winners and Runners-up. Awards will be made in the People’s Choice, Board’s Choice and Artist’s Choice categories. Join us in honoring these musicians who bring us the spirit of hope, possibility, community, and transformation so we can soar through sound.
No registration required. Free to attend!

Music & Mingle
2025-09-07 16:00 - 18:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join us for an afternoon with contest musicians! Meet the makers and feel the music! Hear the contest entries starting at 4:30pm.
Doors open at 4:00pm.
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Summer 2025 Community Conversation with Dr. Skylar Gordon
2025-08-16 11:00 - 12:30 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join Dr. Skyler D. Gordon and a team of dedicated student researchers for our third and final community conversation on how to tell the histories of 120 East State—of its buildings and grounds, the leaders and members of First Presbyterian Trenton which called this place home for 300 years, and all our connections to the people and city of Trenton. We will recap our research findings from this summer and discuss how to continue the work of interpreting the 120 East State history.
This event will be hosted both virtually on Zoom and in-person at 120 East State Street Trenton, NJ 08608. Lunch will be available for those attending in-person. Doors open at 10:30am.
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Summer 2025 Community Conversations with Dr. Skyler Gordon
2025-07-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
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Join Dr. Skyler Gordon and a team of dedicated student researchers for our second community conversation on how to tell the histories of 120 East State-of its buildings and grounds, the leaders and members of the congregation at First Presbyterian Church for which this was home, and its connections to the larger community and city of Trenton.
We will discuss a range of different methods for conducting historical research: from searching newspaper databases and reading finding aids to corroborating evidence using multiple sources. Come with your questions, and please consider two of ours in preparation for what we hope is a lively, learning experience for us all!
What do you know about conducting historical research? What more would you like to learn?

120 East State Hosts "Remembrance & Resilience: Commemorating Stories Through Music & Art"
2025-06-18 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-06-11 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-06-04 16:00 - 19:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
120 East State is proud to host the arts exhibit and artists’ talks for The Lotus Project’s “Remembrance & Resilience: Commemorating Stories Through Music & Art.

For more information about the exhibit, please click here.
To reserve tickets, please click here.

120 East State Hosts "Remembrance & Resilience: Commemorating Stories Through Music & Art"
2025-05-28 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-22 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-07 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-07 11:00 - 14:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
120 East State is proud to serve as host the arts exhibit and artists’ talks for The Lotus Project’s “Remembrance & Resilience: Commemorating Stories Through Music & Art.

For more information about the exhibit, please click here.
To reserve tickets, please click here.

Tha Block Trenton's Community Meal
2025-05-25 12:00 - 14:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
This month’s meal theme is pasta. Tha Block Trenton is asking for volunteers and donations of food serving supplies, prepared foods, and beverages to provide free, hot meals to 90 or more Trenton community members on the last Sunday of every month.
Suggested Donations

Spaghetti
Alfredo
Mac & cheese
Chicken
Meatballs
Ground turkey
Salad
Bread

How To Get Involved

To donate prepared food or supplies, please drop all donations off to 120 East State on the day of the meal at 10:30am.
To volunteer your time to help with set up, clean up, canvassing, etc., please contact thablocktrenton@gmail.com.
To provide monetary donations to support this initiative, please contact Kenny Bullock at 609-233-7911.

About Tha Community Meal
On the last Sunday of the month, Tha Block Trenton brings the community together to enjoy a hot meal together. On average, we are able to provide meals to 75 residents or more, including many of our unhoused residents.
In addition to providing hot food, we are also able to provide free clothing, shoes, and personal care items to the community.
This event has become an amazing tradition and is uplifted by all of the food and clothing donations received from the community.

About Tha Block Trenton
Tha Block Trenton is a grassroots organization serving those that live in the city of Trenton, New Jersey. The organization’s goal is to distribute resources equitably to all of the city’s residents, including our unhoused residents, local businesses, grassroots organizations, and our youth.
Find out more about Tha Block Trenton by visiting their website at: https://www.thablocktrenton.org/

Telling the Story: First Steps with Dr. Nicole Belolan
2025-05-08 17:30 - 19:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join Dr. Nicole Belolan as she outlines the next steps in our plan for telling the story of 120 East State, the historic First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in downtown Trenton. Hear her report and share your thoughts with the 120 East State History Community Advisory Board. Everyone welcome.
Nicole Belolan, PhD, is a consulting public historian and independent scholar based in South Jersey. She consults on a range of projects such as researching and interpreting history at museums and historic sites, collections management, oral history, disability history, and accessibility planning for disabled people at museums and historic sites.
This program is made possible, in part, by the Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission, through funding from the Mercer County Board of Commissioners and the New Jersey Historical Commission.
Register here

Community Connections: Forming Our Community Advisory Boards
2025-04-26 11:30 - 15:30 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
The Steeple Center at 120 East State is growing, and we want you to be a part of it!
Join us for an interactive community engagement event as we recruit passionate individuals for our Advisory Board. We seek dedicated voices to help shape the future of arts, history, and industry initiatives within this historic space.
This is an opportunity to learn more about our mission, connect with like-minded individuals, and explore ways to contribute your expertise to this transformative project. Whether you have experience in the arts, historic preservation, business, or community development, we welcome your input and leadership.
We’re forming three Community Advisory Boards. Join us for the one(s) that interest you:
🖼️ Arts – 12pm
🏢 Industry – 1pm
📜 History – 2pm.
Let’s build something meaningful together—where history, creativity, and innovation meet!

Virtual Trenton Easter Parade
2025-04-20 00:00 - 23:59 | NJ
Celebrate Easter and the beginning of spring with us—virtually!
120 East State invites our Trenton community to take part in the Virtual Easter Parade, a joyful online celebration of Easter Sunday hats, bonnets, and springtime outfits. Whether you’re dressing up for church, brunch, or just the spirit of the season, we want to see you shine!
How to Participate:

Submit a photo of you (or your family!) in your Easter best
Upload your photo using our simple online form
That’s it—entry is FREE!

Everyone who enters will be featured on our social media pages as part of our 2025 Virtual Easter Parade!
Let’s bring color, joy, and community spirit to Trenton this season—one outfit at a time.
Deadline to Submit: April 20, 2025
Submit here: https://forms.gle/ec8yj4qaBMNU99QC9

Voices of Tha Block: The Stories We Choose To Tell
2025-04-12 14:00 - 18:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Voices of Tha Block and Art All Night Previews are collaborating to create a space of community. Attendees will prepare a meal together and explores what it means to collage and document identities together.
RSVP required to attend

Voices of Tha Block: The Heart’s Art is an oral histories initiative, hosted by Tha Block Trenton, that will allow for Trentonians to share the responsibility of preparing a meal while engaging in meaningful conversations that assess the needs of building a self-sufficient community. In using meal preparation as a model for community care and collective healing, we will focus on gathering folks through various topics to target specific needs that are recurring.
At The Stories We Choose to Tell we are asking community members to bring photos, videos, and narratives to be recorded in preparation for Art All Night and the launch of the 120 East State project. We will also be providing a collage room where you’ll be able to redefine your role in society.

How Shall We Tell the Story? with Dr. Skyler Gordon
2025-03-29 11:00 - 12:30 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join Dr. Skyler D. Gordon for a community conversation about how to tell the history of 120 East State.
Dr. Gordon coordinates and supervises research, outreach, and daily operations for Truth & Repair across four research hubs located at Princeton University, the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Rutgers-Camden, and St. Peter’s University. Each hub is a collaboration between scholars, students, and local community members who, together, develop regional and statewide research projects, conduct community-engaged historical research, and support the work of cultural institutions, organizations in truth-telling and repair.

Free to attend. Please register.
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-shall-we-tell-the-story-with-dr-skyler-gordon-tickets-1269473803319?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tavern Talks Pop-Up Featuring River House Brewing Co.
2024-12-29 12:00 - 14:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
What’s brewing in America? Calling all history-curious brewery enthusiasts to join RevolutionNJ in the age old tradition of debating revolutionary ideas in bars with friends.
120 East State and River Horse Brewing host RevolutionNJ and friends to explore the ideals and motivations behind the American Revolution. Attendees are invited to imagine that you are in a colonial tavern. Neighbors, family, and friends with conflicting ideologies are all around you. In a defining moment for the American colonies, you must decide which side to take. You might find that the past is closer than you think!
Note: This is not a lecture! Attendees will have the opportunity to talk with reenactors about problems that we still face in our communities today, and use their civic voices as part of an interactive, immersive experience. Using accounts from the past, reenactors will immerse participants in back and forth discussion to help inform their decision. So, what happens when a loyalist, a patriot, and a pacifist walk into a bar? Join RevolutionNJ and River Horse Brewing at 120 East State in Trenton on December 29th from 12:00 – 2:00PM to find out!
Before you arrive, take a look at our booklet linked below to prepare for the event.
https://www.revnj.org/s/Tavern-Talks-Patriots-Week.pdf
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$10/entry fee (does not include the purchase of alcohol)
For more information about RevolutionNJ visit revnj.org or follow us @revolutionNJ

Patriots Week Open House & Tours
2024-12-28 12:00 - 16:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Join us for an open house and tours at one of the key sites of the Battles of Trenton, historic First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, final resting place of Hessian Col. Johan Rall and many AmRev soldiers.
At 1pm, take part in a special cemetery talk and tour with Richard Hunter of Hunter Research, Trenton. Explore this National Historic Register property and learn about its relation to the founding of the Nation, its Revolutionary War era cemetery, and more. Building tours at 12:30, 2:00, 2:30, and 3:30pm.
Refreshments available (donations accepted).

Community Connect
2024-11-09 11:30 - 13:00 | 120 East State, 120 East State, Trenton, NJ, United States
Please come to 120 East State’s Community Connect!

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Now’s your chance! We’re inviting dynamic, engaged individuals to join 120 East State’s Community Advisory Boards.

Join us in shaping the future of the Steeple Center at 120 East State. Share your voice, ideas, and insights to create impactful programs and initiatives that truly matter.
Be part of something bigger at 120 East State – together, we can build a stronger, more vibrant community!

Interested? Please complete the registration form and let’s make a change in our community.

Not able to attend? Please complete the Community Connect Survey so we can get your input.
