HistoryMoment @ Lawnside Historical Society – April 2023
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A Mutually Beneficial Society, The Odd Fellows of Lawnside
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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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LHS May 2023 Monthly Meeting
Virtual EventCitizens of Mount Peace Cemetery featuring Dolly Marshall/Visualizing the Past: Memories of Schooling in Lawnside To register - click below
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Snow Hill Games: Pre-Juneteenth Celebration
Snow Hill Games: Pre-Juneteenth Celebration To register - click below
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South Jersey History Fair
Gabreil Daveis Tavern Museum House 500 3rd Avenue, Glendora, NJ, United StatesThe Gloucester Township Historic & Scenic Preservation Committee will be holding its third South Jersey History Fair on the grounds of the historic Gabriel Daveis Tavern Museum House. Historical groups and committees from seven South Jersey counties, including Camden, Gloucester, Burlington, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May.
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Lawnside Heritage Day
The festival will be held both in Lawnside Park and at the Peter Mott House.
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LHS Monthly Meeting: Jacob C. White Sr. and the Plan to Uplift Enslaved Africans
FeaturedJoin 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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Camden County Library Black History Month Series: “The Passion and Pride of the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum”
FeaturedMerchantville 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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LHS Monthly Meeting: What Do You Know About Lawnside?
FeaturedJoin the Society for a special Black History Month program: "What Do You Know About Lawnside?" We're celebrating the unique heritage of the borough as it approaches the 100th anniversary of incorporation in 2026.
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Camden County Library Black History Month Series: “New Jersey UGRR Immersive Experience”
FeaturedAnthony 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”
FeaturedGloucester 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.
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Gallery Talk with Curator Shamele Jordon at the Voices of the Community: Local Black Preservation Exhibit
FeaturedHistorical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesJoin curator Shamele Jordon for a closer look at the exhibit Voices of the Community: Local Black Preservation at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.