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 […]
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, […]
UGRR Sites to be Spotlighted at local NJ Conference
The Society will coordinate a panel called “Shining a Light on N.J. Underground Railroad Sites” at the 2023 New Jersey History & Historic Preservation Conference: FUN AND FURY, from June 12-13, 2023.