Battle of Red Bank

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Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) October 8, 2019 October 6, 2019

Benoni Simmons: Long-Serving Hero of the American Revolution

by John Concannon

The amazing story of Benoni Simmons’s military service in the American Revolution spans some fourteen years, perhaps the longest term of service by anyone…

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Historic Sites, People, The War Years (1775-1783) October 1, 2019 September 30, 2019

The Whitall Family and the Battle of Red Bank

by Gregory Safko

James W. Whitall (1717-1808) was a prominent Quaker businessman and farmer in the southern region of New Jersey. In 1739 he married Ann Cooper…

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Features, Places, The War Years (1775-1783) August 9, 2018 August 8, 2018

A Visit to Old Fort Mercer on the Delaware

by Rand Mirante

A motorist travelling northbound through New Jersey along Interstate 295, which tracks the east bank of the Delaware River from the Delaware Memorial Bridge,…

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