This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail â€” are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

Community of Grove Historical Marker
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Community of Grove

After the Civil War, in the area that later became known as the Community of Grove, the Freedmen’s Bureau confiscated land for displaced newly freed...
Picture of sign in front of Indian King Tavern
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Indian King Tavern

By early 1777, the Revolutionary War had forced New Jersey’s legislators to seek a safer meeting place, leading them to the Indian King Tavern in...