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.
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, […]
LHS Monthly Meeting: The Hi-Hat, Tippin Inn and other Green Book Locations in Lawnside and Berlin
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.
2nd UGRR Camp Follows Paths to Freedom
The Lawnside Historical Society presented its second summer Underground Railroad Camp June 26 to 30 at the Peter Mott House, with the theme “Pathways to Freedom.” Campers shared what they already knew […]
NJ Historic Preservation Conference
The Lawnside Historical Society will be on a panel highlighting Underground Railroad Sites at the NJ Historic Preservation Conference. This year’s conference will be in Atlantic City from June 12-13th, […]
LHS Awarded $30K in Operating Funds – Plus a Grant for Untold Stories
The Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission has awarded the Society a $9,000 general operating support grant for Fiscal Year 2023 through the New Jersey Historical Commission’s County History Partnership […]
LHS May 2023 Monthly Meeting
Citizens of Mount Peace Cemetery featuring Dolly Marshall/Visualizing the Past: Memories of Schooling in Lawnside To register – click below
Jessie Redmon Fauset Day
Jessie Redmon Fauset Day is a celebration of the celebrated poet through lectures and a poetry competition.
Year in Review/Year Ahead
Lawnside in the Green Book
Lawnside Heritage Day
The festival will be held both in Lawnside Park and at the Peter Mott House.