The Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society is offering a free lecture 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Fellowship Hall of the Allentown Methodist Church, 23 Church St.
The topic for the evening, “The Loyalists of Monmouth County during the American Revolution,” will explore the nature of loyalism, the activities of loyalists after independence is declared and the civil conflict that consumed the county for the remainder of the war.
The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with a short business meeting.