(TRENTON, NJ) -- New Jersey's capital city is preparing a monumental celebration to mark America's 250th Birthday, and everyone is invited. "Heritage Week", running from July 3-8, 2026, will feature a multi-cultural parade beginning 11:30am on July 4th with over 50 marching units, including 4 marching bands and 10 floats, as well as circus performers, antique cars and representations of the many cultures and ethnic groups which make up the Trenton community.
The parade will be followed by a multi-cultural festival entitled, "Democracy Reborn," from 1:30pm - 5:00pm in Mill Hill Park, site of the Battle of Trenton. The festival will feature food, live music, an escape room, soccer clinics, and more than 40 crafters and tabling civic organizations.
On July 4th, free parking will be provided in the City's five municipal parking garages. A visitors' center at 1 West State Street - the site of Washington's reception in 1789 - will guide guests to the many events and historic sites throughout the city.
Programs continue on July 5th at 2:00pm with an ecumenical service in the same church at which wounded Hessian soldiers were brought during the Battle of Trenton in 1776, as well as walking tours, and a potluck supper.
At noon on July 8th, the City will re-enact the Proclamation of the Declaration of Independence at the same time and place - 23 South Warren Street - as the first such reading in 1776. A second reading at 6:00pm on July 8th will include a concert by the 55 musicians of the Blawenburg Band performing, "The Battle of Trenton," composed in 1792 by James Hewitt and dedicated to George Washington.
All programs are free and open to the public. Heritage Week is sponsored by the City of Trenton and the Trenton Kiwanis Club.
Full details are found here.
