WDFPL's Gloucester County in the Revolutionary War - October & November 1777

 What was the history of The Battle of Red Bank at Fort Mercer? Who were

the people involved? What was the plan of attack? What was the outcome of this

one hour battle? What was the significance of the arrival of Lord Cornwallis in

November 1777?

On Thursday, September
26, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., The West Deptford Free

Public Library, 420 Crown
Point Road, West Deptford, will present “Gloucester County in the Revolutionary War — October
& November 1777”*  with Eileen Shanahan and Pat Hensinger from
the  Gloucester County Historical

Society. This public history program is in conjunction with The Gloucester

County Cultural and Heritage Commission’s “A New Jersey Perpective on the

American Revolutionary War History Project 2013 grant”. Recent archaeological finds now housed in The Gloucester County

Historical Society will be shown as part of the power point presentation. Refreshments served.  To

register, call the Library at 856-845-5593 and for more information, visit www.westdeptford.lib.nj.us.

*This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey
Historical Commission, a division of the Department of the State, and the
Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Gloucester County
College.