The Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead (1756) | November 1, 2025 - FREE Public Demonstration of Archaeology and Ground Penetrating Radar

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The Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead (1756)

FREE Public Demonstration of Archaeology and Ground Penetrating Radar

Join in on a wonderful opportunity hosted by The Historic Franklin Inn - 1756 for a PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION of the ongoing archaeological survey of this important historical site featuring Ground Penetrating Radar on Nov. 1, 10am to 2pm.

Rain date, Nov. 15, 10am to 2pm.

**PARKING Available at the D&R Canal State Park Towpath Entrance Parking Area on Amwell Rd. or the East Millstone Lot on Market St. PARKING MAP: https://tinyurl.com/4jxevs9a **

Since the site was settled in 1756, the Franklin Inn-Van Liew Homestead has witnessed Revolutionary War battles, the opening and closing of the Delaware & Raritan Canal, and so many more important events in Franklin Township history!

Gloucester County Chapter: November Meeting | November 1, 2023

On November 1st, the ASNJ Gloucester County Chapter presents Mr. Wade Catts, Archaeologist and President of South River Heritage Consulting. Wade will be updating us on the progress of the Hessian Soldier discovery of 2022 and the recent summer digs this year at the Red Bank Battlefield!

The meeting is being held on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7pm at RiverWinds. The venue is located at 1000 RiverWinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086

Open to the Public - Free Admission

Artifact of the Month: October 2015

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Photograph by Allison Gall

Decorative copper alloy plate to a Revolutionary War-era ammunition cartridge box associated with the Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz showing the crowned lion of Hess.   This artifact was likely part of a decorative plate on a Hessian artillery cartridge box from the Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz and was found in a well at an 18th-century farmstead in Manalapan, New Jersey near Monmouth Battlefield.  While no skirmishes were reported on the site, the Battle of Monmouth was fought in 1778 roughly one mile northeast of the site and it may have been collected by one of the site occupants as a battle souvenir.