What Happened On This Day In Monmouth County History?

Photograph of the Freehold championship baseball team.

August 21, 2004

Freehold Kids Win National Championship in Little League World Series Senior Division

On August 21, 2004, the Freehold Township Senior League baseball team won the Senior League World Series with a 10-1 victory over El Rio, of Southern California. Senior League players are age 13-16. The Senior League World Series is one of nine...

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Original painting of Monmouth Boat Club by E. J. Bilderback, 2009. Image credit: Monmouth Boat Club, used with permission.

March 20, 1883

Monmouth Boat Club – An Endangered National Historic Site

Kermit Love as the character Willy the Vendor on Sesame Street

August 7, 1916

Kermit Love, Creator of Muppets

John R. Barrows

August 7, 1874

Sandy Hook Proving Ground

Photo of the Wright Brothers' airplane in flight at the 1910 air show in Interlaken.

August 10, 1910

The Wright Brothers Bring Aviation to Monmouth County

Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the Continental-Army in America. Probst, Johann Michael, engraver. Created between 1776 and 1790. Library of Congress, public domain.

August 12, 1778

Continential Army Major General Charles Lee Convicted at Court-Martial

Official White House portrait of William Howard Taft.

August 15, 1911

President Taft Speaks About the Horrors of war at Ocean Grove Auditorium

August 16, 1970

Danny DeVito’s First Movie Role

Newspaper clip and illustration of SS Alene.

August 17, 1901

New Jersey Sandy Hook Ship’s Pilot Boat James Gordon Bennett Cut in Half and Sunk by SS Alene off Sandy Hook

There is no known image of the WKKK in Monmouth County. This image shows the first public appearance of women of the KKK on Long Island. This photograph shows at least four women kneeling in front of shrouded Klansman reading from a book; other Klansmen stand behind them on the platform while spectators watch the initiation. Triangle Studio, photographer, created / published c1924. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public Domain.

August 17, 1923

The Ku Klux Klan Recruits the Women of Monmouth County

USS Phenakite 1942-1945. Official U.S. Navy photo NH 102169, Public Domain.

August 19, 1917

The Incredible Story of the USS Sachem, Thomas Edison’s Floating Laboratory, Later the Circle Line V, and Now a Ghost Ship in Kentucky

by John R. Barrows

Bicentennial Hall today, formerly Fisk Chapel A.M.E. Bethel Church of Fair Haven. Image credit: Google Maps.

August 20, 1882

Bicentennial Hall, formerly Fisk Chapel, the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel Church of Fair Haven

August 21, 1904

What Happened On This Day In Monmouth County History?

Freehold Kids Win National Championship in Little League World Series Senior Division

Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Monmouth Boat Club – An Endangered National Historic Site

Kermit Love, Creator of Muppets

Sandy Hook Proving Ground

The Wright Brothers Bring Aviation to Monmouth County

Continential Army Major General Charles Lee Convicted at Court-Martial

President Taft Speaks About the Horrors of war at Ocean Grove Auditorium

Danny DeVito’s First Movie Role

New Jersey Sandy Hook Ship’s Pilot Boat James Gordon Bennett Cut in Half and Sunk by SS Alene off Sandy Hook

The Ku Klux Klan Recruits the Women of Monmouth County

The Incredible Story of the USS Sachem, Thomas Edison’s Floating Laboratory, Later the Circle Line V, and Now a Ghost Ship in Kentucky

Bicentennial Hall, formerly Fisk Chapel, the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel Church of Fair Haven

The Legendary William “Count” Basie

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