Old Barracks Association

NEW JERSEY - OLD BARRACKS ASSOCIATION15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL SAM.GOVHISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES LIKE GRANTS AND TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P22AS00403 THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE PHYSICAL PRESERVATION OF A BROAD VARIETY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA AS A NATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE COUNTRY S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL (250TH ANNIVERSARY). BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES, TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFITS AS RELATED TO STATE-OWNED PROPERTIES. THESE GRANTS FUND PHYSICAL PRESERVATION FOR NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED, STATE OWNED, CULTURAL RESOURCES RELATED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE NATION. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE OLD BARRACKS ASSOCIATION FOR RESTORATION OF THE ROOF AND ROTTING WOOD BALCONIES, REPAIR MASONRY, AND REPLACE THE PROPERTYS FENCE AT THE HISTORIC SITE OF OLD BARRACKS TRENTON.

"PRESERVING INDEPENDENCE" EXHIBIT DESIGN [THE PROPOSED FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF PRESERVING INDEPENDENCE: REVOLUTIONS AND REMEMBRANCE IN TRENTON, NJ, 1758?TODAY, A NEW THREE-GALLERY PERMANENT EXHIBITION OPENING JULY 4, 2026, THAT EXPLORES THE OLD BARRACKS? EVOLUTION FROM A BRITISH MILITARY POST TO A SYMBOL OF REVOLUTIONARY MEMORY AND CIVIC IDENTITY.]

REVOLUTIONARY ROUTES: EXPLORING LIBERTY AND LEGACY IN NEW JERSEY'S CAPITAL CITY [THE OLD BARRACKS MUSEUM IS CREATING THREE GUIDED BUS TOURS IN THE TRENTON AREA TO EXPLORE HOW THE IDEALS OF NATURAL RIGHTS AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WRITTEN IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ARE REFLECTED IN NEW JERSEY?S HISTORY.]