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Photo of Christie Pearce - then known as Christie Rampone - of the US Women's National Team, in San Jose, California on 10 May 2015.
July 10, 2010

Christie Pearce, The Greatest Athlete Ever From Monmouth County (by way of Ocean County)

Christie Pearce (formerly Rampone) is a retired American professional soccer player. A former captain of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT), Pearce is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, an Olympic silver medalist, and a two-time FIFA Women’s World...
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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

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

Annotated map of Coopers Ferry, June 1778.
May 3, 1778

Battle of Monmouth – How It Begins

Image of a restored L-1049H Super Constellation of the National Airline History Museum in full Trans World Airlines colors in 2004. Photo by MSGT Michael A. Kaplan, USAF - This image was released by the United States Air Force with the ID 040423-F-0558K-033. This image shows a A Lockheed L1049H Constellation (N6937C, c/n 1049H-4830) historic airliner aircraft taxies on the runway at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Public Domain.
June 20, 1956

The Crash of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253

Artist's rendering of the Old Mill at Allentown during a solar eclipse. Image credit: John R. Barrows
June 24, 1778

The British March into Allentown in Time for an Eclipse

"Elizabeth's Choice," by Charlie Swerdlow, ©2023 History Depicted, commissioned by Monmouth County Historical Association, used with permission.
June 26, 1778

General Clinton Arrives at Monmouth Court House

"Loyalist Retribution at Monmouth Court House, 1778," by Peter Cerella, ©2023, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline Inc.
June 27, 1778

The Sack of Monmouth Court House

by John R. Barrows
Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Monmouth County Historical Association, used with permission.
June 28, 1778

The Battle of Monmouth

The only known photograph of the Dangler Mansion, purchased by mob kingpin Vito Genovese.
June 28, 1935

Vito and Anna Genovese Move to Middletown

John R. Barrows
June 30, 1956

Loew’s Route 35 Drive-In Theatre

Local newspaper coverage of the Cimino fireworks plant explosion. Image source: Long Branch Daily Record, July 7, 1930, P. 1.
July 5, 1930

Explosion at Neptune Fireworks Plant Kills Four, Injures Four

Original illustration of Vito Genovese by Scott Zelazny, commissioned by MonmouthTimeline.org.
July 7, 1958

“King of the Rackets” Vito Genovese is Arrested and Convicted for Narcotics Crimes

John R. Barrows
July 8, 1848

The Shrewsbury Inlet Closes – For Good

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