Events

Images of African American veterans and historic markers

January 12 2021

Virtual Lecture about Lawnside History Planned for February 10

The Historical Society of Haddonfield invites you to join us on February 10 for a virtual lecture co-sponsored by the Lawnside Historical Society. Genealogist Shamele Jordan will be presenting “Visualizing the Past in Lawnside” on Wednesday February 10 at 7 pm.

Shamele will be talking about her work with Lawnside Middle School students, and how they used genealogy and technology to bring new awareness to more than 150 Civil War veterans buried in Lawnside. Shamele is the creator and host of “Genealogy Quick Start TV,” and is a former president of the African American Genealogy Group of Philadelphia.

We hope you’ll join us on February 10 at 7 pm. The program will be shared via Zoom.

The event is free, though donations are always welcome. You can register for the free Zoom event by clicking here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.

Portrait photos of Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope

January 5 2021

“Bone Wars” Virtual Lecture Planned for January 20

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The Historical Society of Haddonfield is launching a new, more frequent virtual lecture series for 2021. Our first event in this new series is “Haddonfield and the Bone Wars,” presented by Kathy Mansfield Tassini on Wednesday January 20 at 7 pm.

Kathy is Haddonfield’s Borough Co-Historian and a long-time board member and volunteer for the Historical Society of Haddonfield. She’ll be reviewing the intense feud between nineteenth-century paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. After the Hadrosaurus was found in Haddonfield, Cope and Marsh became especially heated rivals. Each paleontologist battled to undermine the other over the years, including resorting to bribery, theft and more.

We hope you’ll join us on January 20 at 7 pm to learn more about the Bone Wars. The program will be shared via Zoom.

The event is free, though donations are always welcome. You can register for the free Zoom event by clicking here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.

Stay tuned for more lectures to be announced soon!

December 16 2020

We Need Your Input for 2021 Program Planning

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The Historical Society of Haddonfield is planning its program schedule for 2021, and we’d love to hear more about what YOU would like to see from us.

We hope that you’ll take a few minutes to complete a brief survey about how we can engage with the community through virtual or socially distant programs, and how we can promote Haddonfield’s history.

Please CLICK HERE to begin our survey.

Thank you, as always, for your support!

November 19 2020

Book Club Plans Virtual Discussion for January 25

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The Historical Society’s Book Club is planning a virtual get-together for its January 25, 2021 discussion.

We’ll be meeting Monday January 25 at 7 pm via Zoom.us, in conjunction with the Haddonfield Public Library’s Book Club. We’ll be discussing The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson.

This nonfiction book chronicles the decades-long “Great Migration” of African Americans fleeing the South for northern and western cities in search of a better life. Wilkerson’s book is a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, and at least 12 publications named it one of the best books of the year when it was published. The New Yorker calls it a “deeply affecting, finely crafted and heroic book,” and the Wall Street Journal calls it a “brilliant and stirring epic.”

The Book Club discussion will be held as a Zoom.us video chat. If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP to [email protected] and we’ll send you the Zoom link (and some basic instructions) the day of the discussion.

November 3 2020

November 18 Virtual Membership Meeting To Focus on Alice Paul

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11/14/20 UPDATE: The registration links to Eventbrite are now fixed!

Our next virtual general membership meeting will feature a presentation on Alice Paul and her work for women’s equality.

We hope you can join us on Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm for this presentation via Zoom. (Please notice the earlier than usual time!) The event is free, though online donations are always welcome. You can register for the free Zoom event here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.

“Alice Paul: Crusader for Equality” will be presented by Theresa Harris on behalf of the Alice Paul Institute. Theresa will be sharing more about Paul’s life, her roots in the local Quaker community, and her fight for women’s full participation in the political and civic life of the nation.

Please join us on Nov. 18 to learn more about this equal rights crusader. Register here, and we will send out the Zoom information by the day of the event. Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call us at 856-429-7375.