2025 Candlelight Dinner
Join us for our upcoming 102nd Annual Candlelight Dinner on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at Tavistock Country Club. Cocktails start at 6 pm, and our featured speakers starts a little after 7 pm. This is one of our largest fundraisers, and we hope you will come and enjoy the evening in support the Historical Society of Haddonfield. All are welcome: You do not need to be a member of HSH to attend.
Speakers Jack O’Byrne and Chris Peaks from the Camden County Historical Society will enlighten us on Camden County’s history and its impact on the Revolutionary War. As we plan for 2026 to honor our community’s role in the fight for the freedom of our country, Jack and Chris will highlight the significant events that took place within Camden County and Haddonfield that helped tip the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
They will also be presenting the plans for and progress of the Benjamin Cooper House. This historic tavern, located at 75 Erie Street in North Camden has been referred to as Camden’s most historic property and is being turned into a South Jersey American Revolution museum, planned to be opening in 2026. You can find more information here: https://amrevmuseumsnj.com/preserving-history.
To attend the Candlelight Dinner and want to pay by credit card, please go this FORM. If you want to download the menu and reservation form and pay by check please download HERE.
JOIN US: Our next discussion will be on the new book by Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. The author of The Splendid and the Vile, brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War.
“Taverns and Temperance: Haddonfield’s Complicated History with Alcohol”—Join us for our historic Haddonfield walking tour. The tour starts at 6pm on September 13. Please meet at the red heart in King’s Court a few minutes before 6pm.
The Historical Society is holding a Happy Hour with live music, light bites, and beer & wine. Non-alcoholic drinks will also be available.