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What Happened On This Day In Monmouth County History?
December 31, 2020
Thrice-Told Tales That Urgently Need Retelling
Book review by John R. Barrows Stories of Slavery in New Jersey, by Rick Geffken, ©2021 The History Press, Charleston, S.C., forward by Walter D. Greason, Ph.D. 206 pages, $21.99. Available January 4, 2021. There are a number of good...
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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories
March 20, 1883
Monmouth Boat Club – A National Historic Site
December 21, 1944
Medal of Honor: Horace Marvin “Buddy” Thorne
December 28, 1779
The Capture of the British Privateer Britannia by the Middletown Militia
by Maureen Foster
December 29, 1675
How Enslavement Came to Monmouth County
by Rick Geffken
January 1, 1930
Paramount Theatre
January 3, 1703
William Leeds and Captain Kidd: Pious Men of God or Treacherous Pirates?
by Rick Burton
January 5, 1973
Bruce Springsteen Releases a Historic Debut Album
January 6, 1832
Wreckers! The Land Pirates of Monmouth County
John R. Barrows
January 10, 1946
Project Diana: The Beginning of the Space Age
January 12, 1850
Monmouth County’s Wreck-Master Comes to the Rescue of the Doomed Ayrshire
John R. Barrows
January 17, 1524
The European Explorers of New Jersey
January 24, 1935
45 Lives Lost after SS Mohawk Collision with SS Talisman off Sea Girt