Jessie Redmon Fauset Day
Jessie Redmon Fauset Day is a celebration of the celebrated poet through lectures and a poetry competition.
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Talks & Panels
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 […]
Underground Railroad Author Talk – Celebrating Camden County History Month
The Historical Society of Haddonfield and the Haddon Heights Historical Society join the Lawnside Historical Society in sponsoring a book talk and signing by David Goodrich, author of "On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings Along the Underground Railroad." Goodrich stopped at the Peter Mott House in Lawnside on one of his many rides tracing […]
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 […]
“What Would Martin Say?”
Lutheran Church of Our Savior Sanctuary 204 Wayne Avenue, Haddonfield, New Jersey, United StatesFollowing the presidential election cycle where women's views were highlighted, The Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project presents a free multi-racial panel of female thought-leaders discussing stances on popular topics.
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Camden County Library Black History Month Series: “The Passion and Pride of the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum”
Merchantville Public Library 130 South Centre Street, Merchantville, New Jersey, United StatesJoin LHS at the Merchantville Public Library for a free presentation on "The Passion and Pride of the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum" with Linda Shockley, Society president, as she narrates the effort to save, restore and develop the Peter Mott House as Lawnside's monumental artifact.
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Camden County Library Black History Month Series: “New Jersey UGRR Immersive Experience”
Anthony P. Infanti Bellmawr Branch Public Library 35 East Browning Road, Bellmawr, New Jersey, United StatesJoin LHS at the Bellmawr Public Library for a free presentation on "New Jersey UGRR Immersive Experience” with Muneerah Higgs, as she details the innovative project she and a group of New Jersey teachers are creating to focus on the UGRR throughout our state.
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Camden County Library Black History Month Series: “Journey on the Underground Railroad”
Gloucester Twp. Blackwood Rotary Public Library 15 S. Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, New Jersey, United StatesJoin LHS at the Blackwood Rotary Public Library for a free presentation on “Journey on the Underground Railroad” with Jacqueline Miller-Bentley, Society board member, as she chronicles the challenges and triumphs of escapees from enslavement to freedom and their courageous allies.