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BATTLE OF CHESTNUT NECK WAR MEMORIAL

BATTLE OF CHESTNUT NECK WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: NEW YORK ROAD AND CHESTNUT NECK ROAD

City: PORT REPUBLIC

State: New Jersey

Zip Code: 8241

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1911

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, CONGRESS COMMISSIONED SEA CAPTAINS TO DISRUPT AND PIRATE BRITISH SHIPPING.THESE PRIVATEERS MADE THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT MUCH MORE COSTLY. IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE “REBEL PIRATES” THE BRITISH ATTACKED CHESTNUT NECK, NJ. THE LOCAL MILITIA FOUGHT BACK BUT THE BRITISH SET FIRE TO THE VILLAGE, BURNING TEN SHIPS. THE PRIVATEERS WERE UP AND RUNNING NOT LONG AFTER THE BRITISH LEFT. THIS MEMORIAL IS TOPPED BY A COLONIAL PRIVATEER.
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