Returning the "Silent Sentinel" to Active Duty

In 1912, Gugliemlo Marconi and his company, the American Marconi Company, constructed the Belmar Receiving Station which became part of the wireless girdle of the earth.

In 1917, the site was acquired as part of the Navy’s World War I “Trans-Atlantic Communication System.”

In 1941, the Army Signal Corps purchased the property to construct a top-secret research facility, and it was renamed Evans Signal Laboratory which later became Camp Evans Signal Laboratory.

Following a visit in late October, 1953, Senator Joseph McCarthy described Camp Evans as a “house of spies.” Following an investigation that spanned 1953-1954, not one single employee was prosecuted.

Explorer 1, America’s first satellite, in January, 1958 (pre-dates the launch of TIROS I), and

Pioneer V Space Probe.

The Military History Museum;

The Radio Technology Museum;

The National Broadcasters' Hall of Fame.