2026 Underground Railroad Youth Camp
The 5th summer of the Underground Railroad Camp hosted by the Lawnside Historical Society will examine the secret network to freedom through crafts, visual arts, poetry and multimedia. Register NOW for this year’s free camp for 6th – 8th graders.
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 […]
Game Lovers Unite! Underground Railroad Experience at the Still Center
The Historical Society and the Dr. James Still Historic Office and Education Center are uniting to present the Underground Railroad Experience. Game lovers will work together helping freedom seekers escape enslavement and see historical actor Barry Moore portray Henry “Box” Brown.
Game Lovers Unite! Underground Railroad Experience at the Peter Mott House
The Historical Society and the Dr. James Still Historic Office and Education Center are uniting to present the Underground Railroad Experience. Game lovers will work together helping freedom seekers escape enslavement in “Freedom: The Underground Railroad” board game.
2025 Underground Railroad Youth Camp
The fourth summer Underground Railroad Camp hosted by the Lawnside HIstorical Society will examine the network to freedom through the lens of photography. Erik James Montgomery, noted Camden-based photographer, will […]
2025 Underground Railroad Youth Camp
The 4th summer Underground Railroad Camp hosted by the Lawnside Historical Society will examine the network to freedom through the lens of photography.
FREE WORKSHOP! Grown Up Underground Railroad Workshop
Adults have requested a primer on the Underground Railroad! We heard you! In this free workshop, historians from Philadelphia and South Jersey will teach about Underground Railroad sites and communities […]
3rd Annual Underground Railroad Summer Camp
As the only African American incorporated municipality above the Mason-Dixon Line, Lawnside, N.J., was a haven to people of African descent since colonial times. This third summer Underground Railroad Camp […]
Underground Railroad Author Talk – Celebrating Camden County History Month
The Historical Society of Haddonfield and the Haddon Heights Historical Society join the Lawnside Historical Society in sponsoring a book talk and signing by David Goodrich, author of “On Freedom […]
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 […]