Trenton Downtown Association

Want to meet new, interesting people, perhaps over Indian or Italian food? Maybe catch a play at the local playhouse or grab a drink at the Mill Hill Saloon?

Then consider the Downtown Social Club.

Who dare deny that Trenton has history? A hub of two Revolutions — American and Industrial. A capital city from Day One of New Jersey as a state . . . and almost, oh so nearly, did the United States give birth to a Trenton, D.C., rather than Washington, D.C. In the late 1780s, Trenton came within inches of being selected as the nation's seat of government. In this period also, Trenton thrived as a river town, designated an official "port of delivery" by Congress and thereby permitted to receive not just national but international shipping.

Patriots' Week apparently brought more than just a week of American Revolution-centered programming to the city last month.

How to build a better city?

Community leaders discussed the city's downtown economic opportunities yesterday at a forum hosted by the Hanover Street Civic Association at the Trenton Meeting of Friends building.

In name and honor, Joseph F. Woods Jr. and Robert J. Mizopalko will forever be in the heart of the city's fire department, and stories of the 1986 blaze that took their lives will be handed down to generations of firemen to come.

Trenton, NJ native and former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was a featured speaker at Patriots' Week where he sought to demonstrate how the principles of the American Revolution impacts our present lives

HIT: The wonderful array of events organizers planned for this year's Patriot's Week. There has been no lack of activities -- educational and entertaining -- for visitors of all ages. Today is the last day, but there is still plenty to enjoy.

Standing atop a planter at the corner of Warren and State streets, Ralph Siegel looked in amazement at the crowd that made its way up the street to listen to his recounting of the moments leading up to the Revolutionary War battles of Trenton.

Patriots' Week, the annual celebration of Trenton's revolutionary past, will wrap up with a flurry of events today and to morrow throughout downtown Trenton.