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. |
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 | | 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. |
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|  | | DAVE BENJAMIN The Rev. Dr. Hugh MacKenzie of the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church, Manalapan, speaks at the opening ceremonies at the Village Inn, Englishtown. |
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 | | 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. |
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|  | | 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. |
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 | | CHRIS KELLY Kathleen Crawford, 13, of Montgomery, Pa., takes a break before the re-enactment. |
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|  | | 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. |
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 | | CHRIS KELLY British forces fire upon Continental troops as the Battle of Monmouth is fought once more. |
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|  | | DAVE BENJAMIN The Colonial Musketeers of Hackettstown brought color and pageantry to the June 27 Road to Monmouth event in Englishtown. |
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 | | 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. |
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|  | | CHRIS KELLY British soldiers fire upon Continental troops during the Battle of Monmouth re-enactment June 28 in Manalapan. |
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 | | DAVE BENJAMIN Soldiers pull a cannon across the battlefield during the re-enactment of the Battle of Monmouth at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan. |
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|  | | 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. |
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 | | DAVE BENJAMIN Historical re-enactors lend an air of authenticity to the Road to Monmouth event June 27 in Englishtown. |
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|  | | DAVE BENJAMIN British soldiers stand at attention as ceremonies in Englishtown get under way to commemorate the Battle of Monmouth. |
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 | | 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. |
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