![The sign marking the African American burial ground in Tinton Falls. Photo by John R. Barrows.](https://monmouthtimeline.org/wp-content/uploads/1675/12/IMG_0679-675x450.jpg)
December 29, 1675
How Enslavement Came to Monmouth County
Editor's note: On December 29, 1675, the entrepreneur Lewis Morris purchased a one-half interest in a bog iron property in Monmouth County near Colts Neck. He built an iron forge on the river in what today is Tinton Falls, and
![Character studies of the types of residents from our region who fought one another in one bloody engagement after another. For Monmouth County, the Revolution was most certainly a brutal civil war. Allen House Tavern image courtesy Monmouth County Historical Association. Monmouth County Loyalists & Patriots, ©2023 Charlie Swerdlow, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline.](https://monmouthtimeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AllenHouse-Loyalists-Patriots-683x450.jpg)
January 2, 1777
The Allen House Massacre and Other Engagements in Eastern Monmouth County
By William Gardell January 1777: A Time of Tension On January 2, 1777, members of the Monmouth County militia, along with a company of Continental army soldiers, reached what is today Freehold and engaged in a skirmish with a
![Cover art for book "The Razing of Tinton Falls" by Michael Adelberg.](https://monmouthtimeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Razing-of-Tinton-Falls-Book-Cover-290x450.jpg)
June 10, 1779
The Razing of Tinton Falls: 16 Dead in Waterfront Fighting Between Monmouth County Patriots and Loyalists
On June 10, 1779, a raiding party of about 100 Loyalists left British-controlled Sandy Hook and attacked Tinton Falls for the second time in six weeks, seeking guns, ammunition, food, supplies, and to arrest local leaders of the militia. The
![Photo of Red Bank Airport Air Taxi pilots and planes posed in front of their hangar. Image credit: Dorn's Classic Images, John R. Barrows personal collection.](https://monmouthtimeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RB-APO-Dorn-scaled-1-549x450.jpg)
March 24, 1930
Red Bank Airport – An Aviation Hub for Monmouth County
Editor’s note: On March 24, 1930, the aviation facility then known as Airview Field was the scene of an accident, quite possibly for the first time, when an airplane attempting a night landing overturned, wrecking the aircraft. Luckily, the three
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December 13, 1943
Naval Weapons Station Earle
On December 13, 1943, Naval Ammunition Depot Earle was commissioned. The facility, which sits on 11,000 acres in Monmouth County, was designed to provide for the safe and secure storage and transfer of ordnance – bombs, bullets, missiles, torpedoes, depth
![Photo of Whitey Ford in uniform pitching for the Fort Monmouth baseball team. From The Signaleer, base newspaper, courtesy U.S. Army Signal Corps Archives, public domain.](https://monmouthtimeline.org/wp-content/uploads/1950/11/Whitey-debut-cropped-287x450.jpg)
November 29, 1950
Hall of Fame Pitcher Whitey Ford of the U.S. Signal Corps (and others…)
By Mark A. Wallinger On November 29, 1950, Edward Charles “Whitey” Ford, fresh off a World Series victory with the New York Yankees, was drafted into the army during the Korean War, and assigned to the U.S. Signal Corps at
![A satellite image of Google Maps showing the five stops on Day One of the Monmouth County Black History Trail. Image created by John R. Barrows.](https://monmouthtimeline.org/wp-content/uploads/1764/06/BHT-Trail-Day-One-Map-428x450.jpg)
January 17, 2024
Introducing The Monmouth County Black History Trail
After the ceremonies were over commemorating the new historic marker in Eatontown for Samuel "Mingo Jack" Johnson, the New Jersey Social Justice Remembrance Coalition was sent a list of suggestions by the Equal Justice Initiative for ways to build on