Princeton Tour Company is set to offer a tour exploring the town’s role as the first Capitol and Capital of the United States.
Mimi Omiecinski, the owner of Princeton Tour Company and the brains behind PI Day Princeton, is the the creator of First Capital Princeton, which celebrates Princeton’s role in the American Revolution.
On Sept. 6, Omiecinski and Tom Murphy, a recent graduate of the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, are set to lead a free 90-minute tour.
The tour, which will highlight the accomplishments of Princeton as a revolutionary town, is set to begin at Historic Morven, where guests will learn the home served as the nation’s first White House and end at the historic Yankee Doodle Tap Room where George Washington toasted the birth of the nation in 1783.
First Capital Princeton tour illustrates how Princeton became both the first capital —town where the action happens— how Nassau Hall on the Princeton University’s campus became the first capitol —building where the action happens—and little known events of Princeton’s role in the revolution. Did you know Princeton had their own Boston Tea Party?
According to Omiecinski, an active member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution – Princeton Chapter, in 1783 the Continental Congress fled to Princeton. The soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War hadn’t been paid and a rumor spread in Philadelphia than an angry mob might attack congressman in Independence Hall.
The Continental Congress convened inside Nassau Hall from June 30, 1783 until Nov. 4, 1783. It was also in Nassau Hall during the first week of September of that year, that Congress received the news that Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, officially and finally ending the war.
This event is generously brought to the town by Princeton Tour Company, Morven Museum & Gardens, Yankee Doodle Tap Room, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Magazine and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution – Princeton Chapter.
First Capital Princeton is scheduled for Sept. 6 starting at 1 p.m.
The tour is free, but registration is required. To register, email firstcapitalprinceton@gmail.com.
