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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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.
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.