SPEAKER SERIES

Privateers and Pine-Robbers

Known as the “Pine Robbers”, these gangs of outlaws and guerrilla loyalist raiders, led by the infamous “Bloody John Bacon”, terrorized local patriots stealing cattle and horses, clothing and household goods, even burning farms to the ground. They ambushed patriot supply lines sending the supplies to British occupied New York.  The story of the Pine Robbers and what has become known as the ‘Long Beach Massacre’, of 1782, was one of the most important events of the Jersey Shore’s Revolutionary War history.  Robert Cobb’s presentation explores how much of the story is myth and how much can be supported by historical fact.

WHEN Monday, September 21st, 2026 | 7pm

WHERE The Ocean County Artist Guild, 22 Chestnut St. Island Heights, NJ 087632

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