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.
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.
The Lawnside Historical Society invites the public to celebrate the 32nd Anniversary of the Society at the Peter Mott House Underground Railroad Museum, Saturday, Oct. 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Lovers of Lawnside's heritage banded together in 1990 to promote the borough's heritage and save the Mott House from demolition. After more than $400,000 in restoration […]
Samuel "Butch" Funches, Jr., a lifelong member and former chief of the Lawnside Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 will talk about its 110-year history in a Zoom presentation. Listen to learn about the culture, family traditions and service the company has done for the community.