120 East State Incorporated

15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID HISTORIC 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 P23AS00504 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. THESE GRANTS FUND PHYSICAL PRESERVATION FOR NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED CULTURAL RESOURCES RELATED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE NATION. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE 120 EAST STATE FOR PRESERVATION OF MARKERS AND THE WROUGHT-IRON PERIMETER FENCE OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY, IN TRENTON, NJ.

LAUNCHING 120 EAST STATE'S SITE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMMING WITH FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY IN 2026 [THE FORMER FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TRENTON IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR ITS POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RELIGIOUS IMPACT ACROSS THREE CENTURIES. THIS LANDMARK SITE WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE 1776-77 BATTLES OF TRENTON, PART OF THE TEN-DAY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON?S CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE RIVER THAT TURNED THE TIDE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. OUR GRANT PROJECT WILL INITIATE A TOUR AND LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM TO COINCIDE WITH THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 2026. IT WILL ALSO CREATE AND INSTALL TEN EXTERIOR INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. ALL GRANT ACTIVITIES WILL PROMOTE THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.]