American Revolutionary War Marker to be Placed in Lawnside
The Lawnside Historical Society will join the Borough of Lawnside to dedicate a marker on East Charleston Avenue to Black fighters in the Revolutionary War.
The Lawnside Historical Society will join the Borough of Lawnside to dedicate a marker on East Charleston Avenue to Black fighters in the Revolutionary War.
Happy Poetry Month! Remembering Jessie Redmon Fauset. History Moment with Shamele Jordon, the Green Book Project, Along Freedom's Journey and a Community History grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. Registration is required. To register for this meeting - click below
Dr. William Sturkey, History Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will talk about his book, "To Write in the Light of Freedom: The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools," which showcases newspapers published by Black children who learned civics, politics, and history, curriculum that helped them instead of the degrading lessons supporting segregation and […]
Linda Shockley
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TYPE: EVENT
Date: Monday, June 24 - Friday, June 28
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Headline: 3rd Annual Underground Railroad Summer Camp
Sixth through eighth graders are invited to apply to participate in the 2024 Underground Railroad Youth Camp
LINK: https://www.petermotthouse.org/blog/
Camp images from 2023 attached below.
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Type: Blog
URL: https://www.petermotthouse.org/blog/
Headline :UNDERGROUND RAILROAD YOUTH
CAMP 2024
As the only African American incorporated municipality above the Mason-Dixon Line, Lawnside, N.J., was a haven to people of African descent since colonial times.
This third summer Underground Railroad Camp is made possible by funding from the Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The cost for five days is $25. Students who will be in sixth through eighth grade are invited to apply.