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April 22, 2008 - Gusciora backs archaeologists on battlefield study - Princeton Packet
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton), who previously stated his opposition to the Institute for Advanced Study’s construction plans for land adjacent to Princeton Battlefield State Park, has announced his support of archaeologists’ call for a new study on the site’s historical significance....
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Apr 18, 2008 - Gusciora calls for further study of Princeton historic tract - The Times
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP -- Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D- Princeton Borough, called for more extensive research and analysis of a potential battle site next to Princeton Battlefield State Park where the Institute for Advanced Study wants to build faculty housing...
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Jan 23, 2008 - Battlefield Preservation Movement Gains Support From National Park Service
Preservationists opposing a plan for increased faculty housing for the Institute for Advanced Study made tactical gains last month, as the National Park Service came out against a development near the Princeton Battlefield. (Town Topics)...
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Feb 6, 2008 - Institute Housing Should Avoid Site of Historic Revolutionary War Battle (Response to Town Topics)
On behalf of the Princeton Battlefield Society, I’m writing to point out some discrepancies in
your article related to Princeton Battlefield and the proposed Institute for Advanced Study housing
development....
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Jan 25, 2008 - Foes of Institute housing cite Park Service report on battlefield - Princeton Packet
A current National Park Service report to congress labeling the Princeton Battlefield National Historic Landmark as “threatened” is now being touted by a local preservation group as further evidence that no development should take place on land that they consider part of the battlefield....
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Jan 18, 2008 - Princeton battlefield gains influential ally
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP -- The campaign to keep new housing and soccer fields from historically venerated ground fought over in the pivotal Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton on Jan. 3, 1777, has gotten a fresh round of reinforcements -- from the National Park Service. ...
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Nov 16, 2007 - Troiani Print Donated to Clarke House
The Clarke House on Princeton Battlefield has a new piece of art hanging on its walls. The image is titled, Washington at the Battle of Princeton, 1777. It is a print from the oil painting rendered by Don Troiani, world acclaimed artist known principally for his images depicting American warriors, from the American Revolution through WWII. ...
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Oct 10, 2007 - Institue Housing Battle Continues - Town Topics.
Preservationists opposing a planned development for increased faculty housing for the Institute for Advanced Study are again vowing to fight for land that, they say, is hallowed ground because of its proximity to the site of the Battle of Princeton, fought more than 230 years ago during the Revolutionary War...
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Sept 23, 2007 - DEVELOPMENT; Battle Brewing Over Site Where Colonial Soldiers May Have Fought - NY Times.
WHEN a fledgling colonial force led by George Washington defeated British troops in the Battle of Princeton in 1777, the fighting stretched well beyond the 85 acres that make up the modern Princeton Battlefield State Park. While most of the land in Princeton on which Revolutionary War soldiers fought has long since been developed, a battle is brewing over a plan to build housing on an undeveloped site where fighting may have occurred...
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Aug 9. 2007 - Princeton Battlefield Society Coveraged on News 12 New Jersey
Jerry Hurwitz, president, appears on News 12 New Jersey....
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Aug 8, 2007 - Princeton Battlefield Article in Star Ledger
New fight brews at famed Princeton battle site A plan to build housing on 8 of the 22 acres raises activists’ ire BY TOM HESTER STAR-LEDGER STAFF...
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