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Trenton Heritage Week 2026 July 4 - 8

June 02, 2026

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 4-8, 2026, will feature a multi-cultural parade

on July 4th with over 40 marching units, including bands, floats and re-enactors, 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," in Mill Hill Park.

The festival will feature food, music, an escape room, soccer and hockey clinics, crafters and displays

by civic organizations.

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 with an ecumenical service in the same church at which wounded

Hessian soldiers were brought to 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 p.m., 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.