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Governor William Livingston of New Jersey, who never came any nearer to Monmouth Court House during the campaign than Trenton, almost twenty-five miles (forty kilometers) away, published an anonymous 'eyewitness' account in the New Jersey Gazette only days after the battle, in which he credited the victory to Washington. Articles were still ...
Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a 1,818-acre (7.36 km 2) [4] New Jersey state park located on the border of Manalapan and Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. This park preserves the historical battlefield on which the American Revolutionary War 's Battle of Monmouth (1778) was waged.
Utilized during the battle by the British Army as a hospital, it is one of many 18th century farmhouses that have been preserved at Monmouth Battlefield State Park. The Craig House is located in Freehold Township. Monmouth Battlefield is administered by the New Jersey State Park Service. [2]
David Martin, president of Friends of Monmouth Battlefield argued that a map dated to 1778 shows a colonial-era road on the site. ... the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, was “one of the ...
Crossroads of the American Revolution Association is a not-for-profit organization created in 2002 in order to increase awareness of the American Revolution in New Jersey. The organization promotes open space, historical preservation and an enhancement of economic development in New Jersey.
Two historians of the 1778 Battle of Monmouth say a developer who wants to build industrial buildings south of the state park twisted their views.
Monmouth County Hall of Records is located at 1 East Main Street in Freehold Borough, New Jersey. [6] It served as the sixth courthouse, built according to the plans of the previous courthouse with alterations approved by Austin H. Patterson (who served on Board of Chosen Freeholders and in the New Jersey State Assembly). The clock in the tower ...
Rep. James C. Auchincloss, R-New Jersey, said the proposed Monmouth Canal represented “the missing link” in the inland waterway from the St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico. If approved ...