Inscription
Built in 1732. Here, after the Battle of Monmouth, Washington ordered the arrest of Lee, who had disobeyed battle orders.
Location
AddressMarker is at the intersection of N Main Street (County Route 527)
and Water Street (County Route 522), on the left when traveling
north on N Main Street.
CityEnglishtown
CountyMonmouth
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates40.297130, -74.358540
Sources
More markers in Monmouth
Battle of Monmouth
Freehold from Tennent, NJ
Fought June 28, 1778, by the armies of Washington and Clinton.
Christ Church
Shrewsbury, NJ
Converts of George Keith, 1702, became nucleus of Episcopalian Congregation Incorporated in 1738.
Colt's Neck
Sept., 1780, Tories, under the notorious Col. Tye, plundered the house of Capt. Joshua Huddy.
Field Hospitals
General Washington established hospitals at the old Tennent Church, the parsonage, and the Court House, which stood about on the same...
Grant Cottage
Site of summer home of Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1884.
