Monmouth County officials have broken ground on a garden to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the formal adoption of the 19th Amendment.

The amendment guaranteed women’s right to vote.

The commemorative garden will be located outside the county election offices on Halls Mills Road in Freehold.

"Without question, this sanction guaranteeing women the right to vote, altered history for the betterment of the United States, and safeguarded democracy, symbolizing a monumental step taken towards forming a more perfect union envisioned by our founding fathers,” says Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry.

The fight for women's suffrage spanned seven decades -- and involved countless men and women who risked incarceration to make a change.