<b>The gravestone of Revolutionary War veteran Theodorus Polhemus in the Old Newton Cemetery is decorated as part of Wreaths Across America in December 2018. The gravestone was erected in October 2018 as part of a joint effort of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sussex County Historical Society and Old Newton Cemetery Committee to locate and mark previously unmarked graves. Polhemus was born in Haverstraw, N.Y., and served as a corporal in the Orange County, N.Y., militia. He died in Newton in 1820. (Photo by Mandy Coriston)</b>
The gravestone of Revolutionary War veteran Theodorus Polhemus in the Old Newton Cemetery is decorated as part of Wreaths Across America in December 2018. The gravestone was erected in October 2018 as part of a joint effort of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sussex County Historical Society and Old Newton Cemetery Committee to locate and mark previously unmarked graves. Polhemus was born in Haverstraw, N.Y., and served as a corporal in the Orange County, N.Y., militia. He died in Newton in 1820. (Photo by Mandy Coriston)

HISTORY. Towns are kicking off America’s semiquincentennial birthday this spring with commemorative events, historical re-enactments and educational programming.

250th celebration begins
17 Apr 2025 | 11:19
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The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, gave the United States its official birthday, but that seminal document wasn’t the first chapter in America’s story - it was the culmination of years of turmoil and discontent with British rule.

Just as the Revolutionary War began with the...