Arts Candle Walk

INVITATION TO CANDLE LIGHT WALK

(Trenton, NJ) -- The Trenton Artists Workshop Association and Friends for the Hamilton Trenton Bordentown Marsh invite community member to participate in the third White City candle lighting hike starting at 7:30 PM, Saturday, April 10th, at the Spring Lake section of Roebling Park in Hamilton, NJ.

The project, coordinated by TAWA board member Daniel Aubrey, is part of an effort to create an annual community event that celebrates spring and new ideas.

Open to all community members and artists of all ages, participants should meet in the Spring Lake parking area of Roebling Park at the end of Sewell Drive, off South Broad Street in Hamilton. They should dress for walking in wooded areas. Candles are welcome.

The Friends for the Marsh is a special project of the D& R Greenway and designed to promote environmental and historic awareness of the marshlands.

The event is part of the Marsh weekend of hiking and history.

On Saturday, April 10, the day will focus on walking tours of the newest tow path portion of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park and the site of Joseph Bonaparte’s mansion, Point Breeze.

The Delaware and Raritan Canal tow-path walk will focus on the park section that stretches across Duck Island from Trenton to the Crosswicks Creek. The walk is scheduled from 9:30 to noon and will be led by Stephanie Fox and Vickie Chirco of the D&R State Park. Participants need to register by calling 609-924-5705 or emailing dnrnaturalist@verizon.net.

The Point Breeze History Walk runs from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at Divine Word Seminary in Bordentown. Built by Joseph Bonaparte on the bluff overlooking the lake and Crosswicks Creek, Point Breeze included a mansion, English style grounds, and an art gallery that boasted works by Titian, Van Dyck, Velasques, Raphael, and family portraits by David. Today it is the sight of an important archeological investigation.

The Sunday, April 11, events feature tours of two major historic sites in the Hamilton Township section of the marsh.

From 1 PM to 4 PM, the Watson House, the oldest house in the Mercer County region, opens for visits. Built by Quaker farmer Isaac Watson in 1708, when Trenton was stilled called the “falls of the Delaware,” the house now serves as headquarters of the New Jersey State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), which restored the property as part of the New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration in 1964.

At 2 PM, there will be a tour of Bow Hill Mansion, the 18th Century structure situated on the property that was once part of William Trent’s farmstead. Once owned by both the DeKlyn and Lalor Families, the building is best known as the residence for Annette Savage and her lover, Joseph Bonaparte, brother to Napoleon Bonaparte, and former king of Naples and Spain. Now owned by the Ukrainian -American Society, the building, located at the end of Jeremiah Avenue in Hamilton Township.

All events are free and open to the public.

For more information visit the participating organization Web pages at drgreenway.org, marsh-friends.org and tawa-nj.org, email marshwalks@aol.com, or call or call 609-213-2918.

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