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HSH Upcoming Book Club Discussions

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We will be partnering with the Haddonfield Public Library for our next two book discussions.

May 23, Monday – 7pm at the Haddonfield Public Library, First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents, by Gary Ginsberg (2021)

July 19, Tuesday – 7pm at the Haddonfield Public Library, The Women’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, by Elaine Weiss (2018)

September 20, Tuesday – 7:00 pm, The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, by Brian Regal and Frank Esposito (2018) *We hope to hold this discussion in person at Greenfield Hall. We will update the location information over the summer

HSH Book Club

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Join us for our next virtual Book Club Discussion

on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM.

Our next book is All That She Carried: The Journal of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

This poignant story of an enslaved mother’s love for her child is written by noted Harvard Historian Tiya Miles. She uncovers the story behind a sack found in a Nashville flea market in 2007 and later put on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Rose, a slave in South Carolina, gave the sack to her 9 year old daughter Ashley as she was about to be sold, knowing she might never see her again. Rose hoped the items in the sack would help keep Ashley safe. The message on the sack was embroidered by Ashley’s granddaughter, Ruth, in 1921.

NYT Book Review: “In One Modest Cotton Sack, a Remarkable Story of Slavery, Suffering, Love and Survival”

Exterior photo of Greenfield Hall and the Mickle House

Historical Society Awarded Two Recent Grants

The Historical Society of Haddonfield was awarded two recent grants to support our work to preserve, study, and share the history of the Haddonfield community.

The Haddonfield Foundation awarded the Historical Society a generous grant that allows us to purchase an audio tour guide system for walking tours. We had rented the system for this year’s Haunted Haddonfield walking tours in October, and the Foundation’s grant allows us to purchase the system for long-term use. The system is also available for other community organizations to borrow when not in use by the Historical Society.

In addition, for the fifth year in a row, we received a general operating support grant from the Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Camden County College. The Commission is the officially designated county history agency of the New Jersey Historical Commission.

“We are so grateful for the Foundation’s and the Commission’s ongoing support,” said Charlene Creed, President of the Historical Society.

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