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Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a 1,818-acre (7.36 km 2) [4] New Jersey state park located on the border of Manalapan and Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. This park preserves the historical battlefield on which the American Revolutionary War 's Battle of Monmouth (1778) was waged.
The Monmouth Battlefield State Park was dedicated on the bicentennial of the battle in 1978 and a new visitor center was opened in 2013. By 2015, the park encompassed over 1,800 acres, incorporating most of the land on which the afternoon battle was fought.
It is a contributing property of the Monmouth Battlefield State Park, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. [10] The Craig House was restored to its Revolutionary War era appearance in 1993 (thanks in part to the advocacy of preserving historic structures at Monmouth Battlefield, by the Friends of Monmouth ...
Battle of Monmouth painting shows George Washington rallying his men while an embarrassed Charles Lee waits nearby. The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, saw a colonial American army under Major General George Washington fight a British army led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton.
David Martin, president of Friends of Monmouth Battlefield argued that a map dated to 1778 shows a colonial-era road on the site. Martin said, “There was a colonial road that went through the ...
The brightest spots on the map are around Monmouth Battlefield State Park and Keansburg Beach, which sit on a straight line extending northwards to New York's LaGuardia Airport. Monmouth ...
The Manalapan planning board was split, but approved four industrial buildings across from the entrance to Monmouth Battlefield State Park.
The Battle of Monmouth was fought in 1778 on land that is now part of Manalapan and Freehold townships. Monmouth Battlefield State Park occupies 2,928 acres (1,185 ha) in the two townships. [25] Manalapan Township was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 9, 1848, from portions of Freehold Township.