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.
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LHS Monthly Meeting: History Moments & Remembering Jessie Redmon Fauset
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
LHS Presentation with Historian Showcases Newspapers by 1964 Freedom School Students
Join us for this special LHS presentation with Dr. William Sturkey, History Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, as he discusses his book, "To Write in the Light of Freedom: The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools." His book showcases newspapers published by Black children who learned civics, politics, and history, curriculum that helped […]
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LHS Monthly Meeting: Exploring New Jersey’s Historic Black Enclaves
Panelists Morgan Lloyd of 1838 Black Metropolis, Ralph Hunter of the African American Heritage Museum of South Jersey, Paul Schopp of Stockton University, Guy Weston of Timbuctoo and C. Adrienne Rhodes of The Preserving Historic Black Haddonfield Project join Dr. Keith Green of Rutgers University-Camden to discuss these singular and historic communities of southern New […]
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LHS Monthly Meeting: The Hi-Hat, Tippin Inn and other Green Book Locations in Lawnside and Berlin
Virtual Event
Join the June LHS Meeting for a discussion on from the Green Book Research Team. They have unearthed loads of pictures, advertisements, news articles and stories about the people who created businesses in Lawnside and Berlin that beckoned to Black motorists during segregation.
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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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LHS Monthly Meeting: Underground Railroad Technology
Join us for the September monthly LHS meeting! Historian and re-enactor Alvin Corbett will speak about the techniques and technology of the Underground Railroad at the Society's regular monthly meeting. Enjoy a History Moment presented by Shamele Jordon. To register for this meeting - click below
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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 […]
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LHS Monthly Meeting: Jacob C. White Sr. and the Plan to Uplift Enslaved Africans
Join us and Michiko Quinones, co-founder of 1838 Black Metropolis for the next LHS meeting, where she will detail sophisticated financial support for freedom seekers in Free Haven/Snow Hill, NJ.
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LHS 2024 Year-End/2025 Planning Meeting
Review 2024 high points and share your ideas for 2025 programming and projects at the Society's last meeting of the year.
LHS Monthly Meeting: New Jersey Turnpike Research Project Plans for 2025
The NJ Council for the Humanities has awarded funding to the Society to research and mount an exhibit on the first time the New Jersey Turnpike came through Lawnside. Community members are invited to share documents and memories.