The Lawnside Historical Society is a membership organization who welcomes everyone and anyone to join our monthly meetings. We would love to have you join us! Due to COVID-19 we have been meeting in a virtual format, via Zoom. Please register here in advance to attend this meeting. HistoryMoment: Burials
Greater South Jersey Chorus in collaboration with South Camden Theatre Company presents Let My People Go: A Spiritual Journey Along the Underground Railroad. Two nights in two locations North Cherry Hill, NJ & Camden, NJ - May 14th & May 15th
Join us for Mott House Clean Up Days from 9 a.m. – noon the first three Saturdays of the month in May. Construction permitting - we hope to get the property ready for the summer season!
Join us for a virtual talk with author William Kashatus on "William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia" with Historical Society of Haddonfield in partnership with the Lawnside Historical Society on May 25th @ 7 PM.
The family of Mayor Hilliard T. Moore, Sr., will share memorabilia and memories of their father's service as the third in a series of talks on Lawnside's past leaders.
Visualizing the Past brings you "The Grown Folks Edition" of Snow Hill Games for the 2nd annual pre-Juneteenth fundraising event. Proceeds to benefit the restoration of the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum owned by the LHS.
Gordon Higgs, president of The Young Blacks, takes stock of the organization along with other members at this special session on the Black Power Era in Lawnside from the late 1960s into the 1970s.
The Lawnside Historical Society will bring history to life for fifth through seventh graders in a free Underground Railroad Youth Day Camp at the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum from June 27 to July 1.
Campers will explore the unique history of Lawnside, New Jersey, the activities of Peter Mott - preacher, abolitionist and UGRR conductor - and opponents of slavery.
Lawnside Public School was the center of community life and government. Learn about it via Zoom when Andrea Tingey of the N.J. Historic Preservation Office explains the school’s nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Please register here in advance to attend this meeting.
Join us for a special night with Historian Paul Schopp as he recounts the history of the Mount Peace Cemetery, Lawnside's sacred burial ground for African Americans throughout the Delaware Valley.