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| | Old Barracks Museum: General Information: Memberships |
 | | The Trenton Barracks, erected in 1758 at the expense of New Jersey's own colonial assembly, is the only remaining military structure to stand as witness, not only to the American Revolution, but the French and Indian War, defining events in the history of North America and the world at large. |
 | | During the American Revolution, in 1777, the Barracks was one of the structures converted for use as a military hospital, where soldiers underwent inoculation against smallpox. |
 | | Purchased in 1902 by a group of patriotic women, the Old Barracks was one of the earliest historic preservation efforts in the state, opening as a museum in 1903. |
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