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The Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a state park that rests on a Revolutionary War battlefield once housing the Battle of Monmouth. This park is located in Manalapan, New Jersey. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
The Battle of Monmouth was an inconclusive battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on June 28, 1778. ...
Manalapan Township is a township located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ...
The Monmouth Battlefield State Park preserves a pulchritudinous rural 18th century landscape of fields, orchards, woods and wetlands encompassing miles of hiking and horseback riding trails, picnic areas and a restored Revolutionary War farmhouse also known as, the Craig House. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
FarmHouse Fraternity is an all-male international social fraternity founded at the University of Missouri in 1905. ...
The park's visitor center rests atop Combs Hill--a hill once commanded by the Continental Army artillery. In the visitor center, artifacts recovered during battlefield archaeology excavations are on display. Illustration depicting uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group General George Washington, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. ...
Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...
Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αÏχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...
Annual reenactment At the battlefield, an annual reenactment of the June 28, 1778, Battle of Monmouth is performed. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ...
1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
See also
The Battle of Monmouth was an inconclusive battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on June 28, 1778. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
External Links - Photographs from reenacted battle
- Visitation details
- Streaming video of the Battle of Monmouth reenactment
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