Princeton Battlefield part 1

While driving past Princeton, we spotted a historic battlefield. So we planned our next bike trip to stop by and check it out for some pictures. 

Here's the sign. This battle was from the Revolutionary War between the American Colonists and the British. That's some history!

It was a nice day out! We want the summer back please. Check out more pictures click on the "Read more" below.

We first stopped at this Colonnade at the far end of the field. Reading the plaque, discovered somepony later built a house on this hillside where the big Battle of Princeton took place. Is that a little creepy?

They tore down the rest of the house but left these pillars because, um... they're awesome?

History plaque says this was "built" in Philadelphia in 1836, and MOVED to Princeton in the year 1900. Was it easier to move it than to build a new one? Either way seems very hard especially over a hundred years ago.

This plaque says this is now a monument to the fallen soldiers of the battle, both British and American Colonists.

Here's the Grave Monument. Not to sound disrespectful, or maybe to sound more respectful, shouldn't there be British flags here, too?

Nice poem regarding the fact that everybody was buried together to await a future where that would be cool. I think we're there.

We walked the bike up the hill, it was a little too steep through the tall grass. There were a couple of kids here, trying to climb the trees? We decided to not get pictures of them.

Horrible battlefield and lingering ghosts aside, this is one heck of a view for your front porch.

Had to take a picture of this massive tree wound. Looked pretty fresh like it happened recently.

Now we are on the other side of the street. Whenever you think about complaining about mowing your lawn, think of this. At least you don't have to mow this.

That fence looked like it was about a hundred years old. Could looking at it break it? Maybe...

Hmm. Can we ride our bike past this? Pretty sure our bike doesn't count as a "vehicle" for this sort of thing?

There were a lot of history plaques around here. Is this better than an audio tour headset? I can read this in my head using whatever voice I want.

I didn't stop to read these figuring I could just read the pictures later. History can be exciting but we wanted to keep moving.

We might not have "real" castles in America but this regular house is a few hundred years old. That's kinda cool, too.

Not sure what this brick thing is out in the middle of the field, but got a picture of it in case we later learned it was something important.

Imagine firing the cannons from here. I mean, minus the cars in that road that goes through the field. Or maybe fire some cannons at the cars? Time travel!

Did it work? Zoomed in on one of those Q-codes on the history plaque.

A previous history plaque said General Mercer survived nine days with seven bayonet wounds. That was in 1777. So yeah, he was a tough guy.

 Can you imagine being that pony who is like "where did I leave my glasses?" I wonder how long these have been here?