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Original illustration: Colonel Tye, by Charlie Swerdlow. Commissioned by Monmouth Timeline, Inc. ©2021 Charlie Swerdlow, History Depicted. Image courtesy Monmouth County Historical Association, used with permission.
July 15, 1779

Colonel Tye and his Black Brigade Become the Scourge of Monmouth County Patriots

Col. Tye, now based in Refugeetown on Sandy Hook, along with other escaped slaves, black freedmen, and loyalists from Monmouth County as well as elsewhere.  Col. Tye begins a reign of terror, leading raids into his former neighborhoods at the...
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Original illustration: Colonel Tye, by Charlie Swerdlow. Commissioned by Monmouth Timeline, Inc. ©2021 Charlie Swerdlow, History Depicted. Image courtesy Monmouth County Historical Association, used with permission.
July 15, 1779

Colonel Tye and his Black Brigade Become the Scourge of Monmouth County Patriots

Photo of the US Sachem
July 18, 1917

A Man Who Will Not Be Thwarted, Thomas Alva Edison Begins Conducting Submarine Defense Experiments from Sandy Hook

July 19, 1869

Ulysses S. Grant Makes First Long Branch Visit as U.S. President

July 21, 1917

Harry Houdini Brings a Crowd of Magicians to Keansburg – But He Does Not Perform

John R. Barrows
Photo of Wendy Boglioli at Monmouth U. pool.
July 25, 1976

Wendy Boglioli, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder

By John R. Barrows
Map showing route and means used by Alfred Sarant when he fled the USA to Moscow. Map created by John R. Barrows.
July 26, 1950

1945 Marks the End of the Soviet Spy Ring at Fort Monmouth – or Does It?

by John R. Barrows
July 27, 1918

Jack Dempsey Trains with Shore Boxing Legend Jimmy DeForest for First Big Match

Postcard image of Monmouth Park race track.
June 19, 1946

Monmouth Park Racetrack

August 3, 1968

The First Running of the Haskell Invitational Stakes

Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant with wife Julia and children Nellie, Jesse, Ulysses Jr. and Frederick relaxing at the cottage in 1870.
August 3, 1871

U.S. President Grant Invests in Jersey Shore Real Estate

A swivel gun mounted on the American topsail schooner Lynx. © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
August 5, 1780

Joshua Huddy, Privateer

Kermit Love as the character Willy the Vendor on Sesame Street
August 7, 1916

Kermit Love, Creator of Muppets

John R. Barrows

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