The Road to Monmouth

FARRAH MAFFAI Stacy Roth plays the role of Battle of Monmouth heroine Molly Pitcher during the breakfast with George Washington on June 27 in Englishtown.

CHRIS KELLY More than 2,000 historical re-enactors came to Manalapan over the weekend to take part in the re-enactment of the Battle of Monmouth. Here, Continental soldiers fire upon the British forces. DAVE BENJAMIN The Rev. Dr. Hugh MacKenzie of the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, Manalapan, speaks at the opening ceremonies at the Village Inn, Englishtown. CHRIS KELLY Colonial artillery soldiers fire a cannon as the re-enactment of the Battle of Monmouth begins at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan, June 28, exactly 225 years to the day after the battle was fought. CHRIS KELLY Americans fighting for their freedom advance to face the British army during the Battle of Monmouth re-enactment. The battle was fought on June 28, 1778, in an area that stretches along present day Route 522 in Freehold Township and Manalapan. CHRIS KELLY Kathleen Crawford, 13, of Montgomery, Pa., takes a break before the re-enactment. DAVE BENJAMIN Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental army, leads the Road to Monmouth parade up Tennent Avenue in Englishtown on his way to Freehold June 27. CHRIS KELLY British forces fire upon Continental troops as the Battle of Monmouth is fought once more. DAVE BENJAMIN The Colonial Musketeers of Hackettstown brought color and pageantry to the June 27 Road to Monmouth event in Englishtown. FARRAH MAFFAI The Colonial Musketeers from Hacketts-town start the day’s activities at the Village Inn, Englishtown, on June 27. A parade from Englishtown to Freehold Borough passed through the area where the Battle of Monmouth was fought on June 28, 1778. CHRIS KELLY British soldiers fire upon Continental troops during the Battle of Monmouth re-enactment June 28 in Manalapan. DAVE BENJAMIN Soldiers pull a cannon across the battlefield during the re-enactment of the Battle of Monmouth at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan. DAVE BENJAMIN Things got a little hot in Englishtown for Gen. George Washington on June 27 — not from the British, but from the heat in the 90s. DAVE BENJAMIN Historical re-enactors lend an air of authenticity to the Road to Monmouth event June 27 in Englishtown. DAVE BENJAMIN British soldiers stand at attention as ceremonies in Englishtown get under way to commemorate the Battle of Monmouth. VERONICA YANKOWSKI Columbia Triumphant, the original statue that sat atop the Battle of Monmouth Monument in Freehold Borough, was rededicated in a new park on Main Street, June 27.