LHS May 2023 Monthly Meeting
Virtual Event
Citizens of Mount Peace Cemetery featuring Dolly Marshall/Visualizing the Past: Memories of Schooling in Lawnside To register - click below
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Peter Mott House Clean Up Day
It's Clean Up Day @ the Mott House. Join us as we work to preserve the rich history of our community by volunteering to clean up the Peter Mott House.
Snow Hill Games: Pre-Juneteenth Celebration
Snow Hill Games: Pre-Juneteenth Celebration To register - click below
NJ Historic Preservation Conference
The Lawnside Historical Society will be on a panel highlighting Underground Railroad Sites at the NJ Historic Preservation Conference. This year's conference will be in Atlantic City from June 12-13th, 2023. Registration is now open. The New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference is the annual state-wide educational and networking opportunity for history and historic […]
LHS 2023-24 Planning Meeting
Join us on Zoom Thursday, July 13 at 7 p.m. for a planning meeting as we look ahead to our 33rd anniversary celebration, fundraising, new member recruitment and uplifting our history.
Peter Mott House Re-Opens to the Public
Visitors are welcomed to tour the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum on Saturday, Sept 9th for the Fall 2023 Reopening.
LHS Presents: History of Lawnside & the Underground Railroad @ Camden County Library – Haddon Twp Branch
Lawnside Historical Society members Linda Shockley, Muneerah Higgs and Jacqueline Miller Bentley will speak on the History of Lawnside and the Underground Railroad at the Haddon Township, Bellmawr, and Gloucester Township branches of the Camden County Library for Black History Month. The programs are free. Mrs. Shockley is president of the Society, Mrs. Higgs and […]
LHS Presents: History of Lawnside & the Underground Railroad @ Camden County Library – Bellmawr Branch
Lawnside Historical Society members Linda Shockley, Muneerah Higgs and Jacqueline Miller Bentley will speak on the History of Lawnside and the Underground Railroad at the Haddon Township, Bellmawr, and Gloucester Township branches of the Camden County Library for Black History Month. The programs are free. Mrs. Shockley is president of the Society, Mrs. Higgs and […]
LHS Presents: History of Lawnside & the Underground Railroad @ Camden County Library – Gloucester Branch
Lawnside Historical Society members Linda Shockley, Muneerah Higgs and Jacqueline Miller Bentley will speak on the History of Lawnside and the Underground Railroad at the Haddon Township, Bellmawr, and Gloucester Township branches of the Camden County Library for Black History Month. The programs are free. Mrs. Shockley is president of the Society, Mrs. Higgs and […]
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3rd Annual Underground Railroad Summer Camp
This third summer Underground Railroad Camp will run from 10 AM to 1 PM from Monday, June 24th to Friday, June 28th, 2024. In addition to a focus on Lawnside's Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum, campers will visit other UGRR sites and learn about the lives of freedom seekers using visual, performing and folk arts.
$25
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FREE WORKSHOP! Grown Up Underground Railroad Workshop
Adults have requested a primer on the Underground Railroad! We heard you! In this free workshop, historians from Philadelphia and South Jersey will teach about Underground Railroad sites and communities that protected and welcomed freedom seekers. Expert panelists Paul Schopp, Guy Weston, Shamele Jordon and Jacqueline Wiggins will lead show and tell. The Underground Railroad […]
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Save the Date: 34th Anniversary Celebration Brunch
The 34th Anniversary Celebration will be held at the Sapphire Grand (formerly Auletto's) in Deptford, N.J. This special event will aid the Benson Multicultural History Museum, a separate nonprofit organization, which needs funding to safeguard the collection amassed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Ellen Benson. We believe it is our duty to help save […]