LHS Monthly Meeting: Juneteenth & Summer Events
The Lawnside Historical Society will meet to coordinate June activities from Juneteenth participation, Installation of Lawnside’s Black Heritage Trail Marker, History Pinned Civic Season and Voter Registration Drive, Underground Railroad Camp and 100th Anniversary events. Learn how you can attend, volunteer and spread the word.
Gallery Talk: Voices of the Community: Local Black Preservation at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Join curator Shamele Jordon for a closer look at the exhibit Voices of the Community: Local Black Preservation at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. FREE to Attend. Registration is required. To […]
UGRR Campers View Sites Through Cameras
Ten middle school-age students from South Jersey took cameras in hand and documented what they experienced on visits to Underground Railroad and historic sites in Camden and Lawnside. Guided by […]
Gallery Talk with Curator Shamele Jordon at the Voices of the Community: Local Black Preservation Exhibit
Join curator Shamele Jordon for a closer look at the exhibit Voices of the Community: Local Black Preservation at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
LHS July 2025 Monthly Meeting
Join the Society’s Business and Planning Meeting to plan for the 35th Anniversary Celebration, the 100th anniversary of Lawnside’s incorporation and the future of the organization.
Lawnside Featured in Philadelphia Exhibit
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will showcase collections highlighting Lawnside and curated by Shamele Jordon, genealogist, historian and researcher.
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 […]