Fort Monmouth History Will Be Topic Of InfoAge Lecture In Wall

WALL, NJ — Melissa Ziobro, a Monmouth University specialist professor in public history will give a talk on the history of Fort Monmouth on July 16 at the InfoAge Museum in Wall.

"The History of Fort Monmouth: An Overview (1917-2011)" will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will include a focus on technical achievements at Fort Monmouth over the decades.

It will take place in the InfoAge Lounge, Main Building, 2201 Marconi Road, Wall, 07719.

Ziobro is the specialist professor of public history at the university's Department of History and Anthropology. She runs the department’s social media and newsletter and the Monmouth Memories Oral History Program.

According to the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority's website, the fort's history can be traced back to the establishment of the Signal Corps training facility in Little Silver in 1917. The installation gained permanent status in 1925, and was named Fort Monmouth in honor of the soldiers of the American Revolution who died in the battle of Monmouth Court House.

Fort Monmouth served as the home of the Signal Corps Laboratories and later the Signal Corps Center, consolidating several Signal Corps functions at Fort Monmouth. The Electronics Command (ECOM) was established at Fort Monmouth in 1962 and managed signal research, development and logistics support.

In 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission mandated the closing of the Evans Area, Vint Hill Farms Station, and the Command Office Building in Tinton Falls.

In 2005, BRAC ordered the closure of Fort Monmouth and the relocation of activities to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, which was completed in 2010.

The Information Age Learning Center was incorporated in 1999. InfoAge has evolved into a consortium of science and history museums and exhibits that preserve and interpret New Jersey’s communications, computer and electronic technology and history, its website says.

Call InfoAge at 732-280-3000 for more information.