Red Bank Catholic High School - Emerald Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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 FOREWORD Embracing acres of fertile farmlands and orchards, her hurri- cane-whipped shores tormented by the sea, lies historic Monmouth County. Over three and a half centuries ago, in Sandy Hook Bay where the inland waters rush to meet the ocean, Henry Hudson’s “Half Moon” lay still at anchor shrouded in the early morning mist. Along the red clay banks of the Navesink River, smoke curled from the primitive dwellings of the Leni Lenape Indians, the first men to hunt in the rich virgin forests and to fish in the running streams. The white man’s intrusion on their pristine civilization was the beginning of our heritage. Ore was discovered and a thriving settlement sprang up around the smithy at Allaire which smelted the iron, forging it into rough tools and weapons. The adventurous and the curious searched in vain for Captain Kidd’s treasure cache, rumored to have been buried somewhere along the coast and never reclaimed by the swash-buckling pirate. From atop the rocky Highlands, Twin Lights, the lone sentinel of the Jersey shore, signaled to ships in distress; but with the thundering of each wave upon the beaches, the echo of distant guns rumbled even louder. And then it came—the summer of the youths cut off in their early manhood, the summer of the trampled fields and fruitless harvest, the summer of June, 1778, and the Revolutionary War. In a bloody encounter near the County Courthouse in Freehold, the Continental Army, under the Commander-in-Chief George Washington, checked the retreat of the Redcoats. Freedom was preserved and tyranny was humbled on the plains of Monmouth. We have traced our footsteps deeply into her soil, deriving strength from the rich, firm roots of our heritage. Where her fields once ran red with the blood of Freedom’s martyrs, a new seed has sprung forth and we, a new generation, boldly accept the challenge of the past. To our heroic forefathers we address the plea that their strength may be our strength and their wisdom our wisdom. And so we invite you to visit the past glory of Monmouth County and discover with us the secrets that will unlock her treasures for future generations. 5

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