Anniversary
The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners formed the MonmouthNJ 250 Committee to facilitate the creation of an infrastructure for the County-wide celebration.
The goal of the Committee is to create a celebration that Monmouth County residents and visitors will be talking about for years to come while honoring and promoting the County’s unique and rich history.
The MonmouthNJ 250 Committee is comprised of various community members in addition to representatives from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s office, the County Clerk’s Office, Public Information and Tourism and the Monmouth County Park System.
Monmouth County Clerk Christine G. Hanlon and Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone are Co-Chairs of the Committee. The Executive Director is Ted Maturo.
An advisory board of prominent historians with knowledge of Monmouth’s Revolutionary War history was also formed to assist with historical accuracy and insight.
MonmouthNJ 250 Advisory Board members:
Maxine N. Lurie – Seton Hall University emerita professor of History who has published works on the American Revolution in New Jersey, including Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey: Caught in the Crossfire, New Jersey: A History of the Garden State, New Jersey Anthology and more.
John Fabiano – Recently retired Executive Director of the Monmouth County Historical Commission and former president of Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society. He is a graduated Rutgers-Camden in 2007 with a master’s degree in Public History and serves as Trustee for both the Friends of Monmouth Battlefield and the Old Yellow Meeting House.
Claire T. Garland – Retired teacher and current Director of Sand Hill Indian Historical Association in Lincroft, NJ. She also serves as a resource person for the New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs. She is a graduate of Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Education with a Masters in Sociological & Philosophical Foundations of Education and author of Indian Summer at Sand Hill.
Jonathan Mercantini – Acting Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor in Kean University’s Department of History where he has taught since 2007. His current research projects include: Make History@Kean: William Livingston’s World – an exploration of the 18th Century Atlantic World funded by a Humanities Initiatives Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, funded by grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission and the National Park Service.
James Gigantino – Professor of History and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas. His books include The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014), The American Revolution in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the Home Front (Rutgers University Press, 2015) and William Livingston’s American Revolution (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).
Dr. Richard F. Veit – Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs for Monmouth University, and is a Professor of Anthropology in the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has authored five books and numerous published articles.
Michael Timpanaro – Resource interpretive specialist and park historian at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, NJ. He has over 35 years’ experience as an archaeologist, historic researcher and historian.