"Hunt's House/ Headquarters of General Washington, June/ 23rd and 24th 1778. In the South East Room/ the Famous Council of War was held at Nine/ O'clock on the Morning of June 24th, before/ starting for Monmouth. Present at this/ Council were Generals Washington, Lee,/ Greene, Stirling, Lafayette, Knox, Poor,/ Von Steuben, Wayne, Woodford, Patterson,/ Scott, DuPortail, and Col. Scammell. This tablet unveiled June 24th, 1932."

This monument commemorating the Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778) was unveiled at Freehold, New Jersey on November 13, 1884. The relief shown here depicts Generals Washington, Lee, Greene, Stirling, Lafayette, Steuben, Knox, Poor, Wayne, Woodford, Patterson, Scott, and Duportail at the Council of War held at Hopewell, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, New Jersey on June 24, 1778.