{"id":2388,"date":"2023-04-01T00:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T04:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petermotthouse.org\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2023-07-10T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T01:19:23","slug":"underground-railroad-camp-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petermotthouse.org\/blog\/underground-railroad-camp-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Underground Railroad Camp Returns this Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Society Offers Longer Hours in 2nd<\/sup> Year!<\/strong><\/strong> New Hours now from 10 AM to 1 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 26 \u2013 Friday, June 30, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This enrichment program will inspire young minds about the courage and resiliency of freedom seekers and abolitionists that helped the enslaved navigate the Underground Railroad.\u00a0Campers will also learn about the unique history of Lawnside, New Jersey \u2013 the first Black town incorporated in the northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2022 campers view a slave auction marker in Camden
Photographer:\u00a0Renee McKenzie-Hayward<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Activities, tours and trips will engross sixth- to eighth-grade students, based at the Peter Mott House. The program is designed to enhance their understanding of the Underground Railroad and historic Lawnside.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enrollment in the camp costs $25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is made possible by a grant from the Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, the officially designated county history agency of the New Jersey Historical Commission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Underground Railroad Camp Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n