CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS DOCENTS SOUGHT BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Learn and Explain Colonial Life to Visitors The Camden County Historical Society seeks volunteers to work as docents in Pomona Hall, the authentically-restored 18th-century mansion. See announcement for more details. ARCHIVE: RECENT EVENT NEWS STORIES Feb. 2, 2008 REMEMBERING DREAMLAND: CROWDS PACK PHOTO EXHIBIT OPENING Lawnside's Vanished Musical Era Comes Back to Life for One Night Dec. 18, 2007 THE VANISHED ERA OF LAWNSIDE'S DREAMLAND When Evesham Road Was an East Coast Musical Mecca Oct. 10, 2007 CLEANING UP BUTLER CEMETERY One of Camden's Most Important African-American Historical Sites Sept. 30, 2007 PHOTOS: 2007 COLONIAL BREWING EVENT A One-Day Beer and Tavern-Cooking Demonstration July 27, 2007 OLD MOVIE HOUSES OF CAMDEN Theater Historian Allen F. Hauss Tours a Vanished Urban Landscape March 15, 2007 INSIDE AN OPEN-HEARTH COOKING CLASS A One-Day Experience in 18th-Century Kitchen Life Jan. 6, 2006 HANDSOME MOLLY RETURNS TO CAMDEN Princeton Dance Troupe Recreates Twelfth Night Traditions Dec. 20, 2006 PHOTOS FROM THE 2006 STAFF CHRISTMAS PARTY Making Merry in Pomona hall Nov. 17, 2006 PHOTOS: CCHS ANTIQUES ON THE AVENUE GALA An Evening of Appraisals and Auctioneering Sept. 23, 2006 THE ART AND MYSTERY OF COLONIAL BEER BREWING IN CAMDEN Wooden Tubs, Outdoor Fires and Craftsman's Intuition July 15, 2006 WPVI 'PRIMETIME WEEKEND' PROGRAM PROFILES HISTORICAL SOCIETY Provides 7-Minute Video Tour of Facilities and Museum Holdings June 1, 2006 CAMDEN'S WALT WHITMAN LITERARY EXHIBIT Celebrating the World-Famous Poet at the Camden County Historical Society May 10, 2006 FINDING CAMDEN'S FUTURE IN ITS HISTORY Book and Web Site Document Once-Thriving City March 8, 2006 WOMEN AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Understanding the Civil War from a Completely Different Perspective March 8, 2006 A TASTE OF CIVIL WAR FOOD Sampling Jaw-Cracking Hardtack, Hospital Gingerbread and "Idiot's Delight" Jan. 16, 2006 FRED BARNUM: THE ROCK STAR OF RCA HISTORY 200 People Cram Into Cherry Hill Library for His Latest Talk Dec. 9, 2005 PHOTOS FROM CCHS STAFF & VOLUNTEERS CHRISTMAS PARTY A Holiday Tribute to Those Who Keep The Society Running Nov. 11, 2005 SPRINGDALE FARM HONORED BY CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ebert and Jarvis Families Receive Historic Preservation Award November 11, 2005 PHOTOS FROM THE CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ANTIQUE GALA Dinner, Heirloom Appraisals and Auction on County's Highest Point of Land August 13, 2005 "STILL STANDING" ART EXHIBIT OPENS AT CAMDEN'S WALT WHITMAN ARTS CENTER Spotlights Local African-American History August 1, 2005 IN MEMORY OF POMONA HALL'S SLAVES Camden Group Performs Ritual 'Purification' June 14, 2005 STALKING THE 18TH-CENTURY ASPARAGUS And Cooking It The Old Fashioned Way in Camden March 13, 2005 TEA WITH DOLLEY MADISON AT THE CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY American Historical Theatre Performance Marks Women's History Month Feb. 24, 2005 THE LITTLE BEADED BAG: HISTORY'S FAVORITE FASHION ACCESSORY An Illustrated Background to The Camden County Historical Society's Beaded Bag Exhibit Jan. 18, 2005 CAMDEN CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Linda R. Gentry Previously Headed League of Women Voters Jan. 3, 2005 RITUAL FOLK DANCERS STOMP CAMDEN Molly Dance Performance Highlights Historical Society's Twelfth Night Revel Jan 3, 2005 UNDERSTANDING TWELFTH NIGHT The Holiday That Time Forgot Dec. 20, 2004 KEEPING ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BLOOD ON FILE IN CAMDEN Curious Relics in The County Historical Society's Civil War Collection Oct. 26, 2004 CCHS MOURNS DEATH OF JUDITH SNYDER Served as Executive Director and Museum Curator June 7, 2004 A RETURN TO JEWISH CAMDEN Historical Photo Exhibit Brings A Vanished Community Back to Life June 7, 2004 CCHS IMAGE ARCHIVES PAGE: FROM 'CAMDEN REMEMBERED' Photos From the Tri-County Jewish Historical Society Colletion April 26, 2004 GOING SHEEP TO SHAWL AT THE CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 'Family Fun Day' Spotlights a Fuzzy 18th-Century Craft April 26, 2004 POMONA HALL FAMILY FUN DAY PHOTOS More Scenes and Faces From the 2004 Event April 25, 2004 THE SWEET HISTORY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY HONEY BEE BUSINESS Historical Society Event Explores Region's Most Important Insect Trade March 24, 2004 DEAD AND FORGOTTEN IN OLD CAMDEN CEMETERY The Sad Story of the City's Oldest Graveyard Dec. 7, 2003 IN THE WARMTH OF AN OLD TIME CHRISTMAS Candlelight & Carols Tours at Pomona Hall, 2003 Dec. 7, 2003 DOLLS OF HISTORIC CHRISTMAS PAST A Byer's Choice Victorian Room Exhibit Nov. 26, 2003 CAMDEN CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY GETS $25,000 FREEHOLDER GRANT Historic Preservation Funds Will Repair Crucial Utility Systems Nov. 7, 2003 A HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ANTIQUE EVENING An Antiques Roadshow-like Event at Tavistock Country Club Oct. 22, 2003 'SAVE LORD CAMDEN' EFFORT LAUNCHED Mayor's Office and Historical Society Act to Preserve Historic Portrait Aug. 10, 2003 THE GOLDEN AGE OF CAMDEN COUNTY TUGBOATS David Boone Captures The History of Delaware River Working Craft July 6, 2003 FABULOUS FINDS AND OUTRAGEOUS FAKES Behind The Scenes With Antiques Detective Richard Pillatt June 8, 2003 EXPERIENCING 150 YEARS OF WEDDING DRESSES Historical Exhibit Spotlights Uniquely Female Art Form May 4, 2003 ADDING SLAVES TO POMONA HALL Historic Society Broadens Interpretation of Mansion Site May 4, 2003 DEAD BEAR, LIVE INDIANS AND HISTORIC FOOD Family Fun Day 2003 Spotlights Lenape Culture, Hearth Cooking and an Odd Fish April 20, 2003 BLACK CIVIL WAR REENACTORS UNVEIL NEW FLAG Peter Mott House Ceremony Marks Anniversary of Conflict's Start March 27, 2003 CAMDEN COUNTY'S PROFESSOR OF PLACENAMES Inside Historian William Farr's 40-Year Quest to Get it Right Feb. 16, 2003 PHOTOGRAPHIC ART AND THE FATE OF CHILDREN Historical Society Opens Beverly Collins-Roberts Retrospective Dec. 8, 2002 PHOTOS FROM POMONA HALL CHRISTMAS TOUR, 2002 Experiencing an 18th-Century Holiday Home Oct. 28, 2002 A LIVELY LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF DEATH Exploring the Architecture and Rituals of Nineteenth-Century Mourning Oct. 17, 2002 TEA & TOUR AT POMONA HALL An 18th-Century Interlude at a Camden County Historic Mansion April 28, 2002 THE BLIND HARPIST'S ODE TO SPRING 18th-Century Music, Crafts and Cooking Highlight Historical Society's Annual Family Fete April 8, 2002 INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, SWEET & SOUR WHYY's Ed Cunningham Recounts 160 Years of Local Working Life March 4, 2002 AN ANTIQUE EXHIBIT THAT SINGS Camden Museum Resurrects Era of Hand-Cranked Victrolas Feb. 11, 2002 FROM HARLEM DANCERS TO GHANA SLAVE CASTLE Inside Camden's Second Annual African American Experience Art Show Nov. 11, 2001 A POMONA HALL CHRISTMAS Celebration in an 18th-Century Mansion Nov. 16, 2001 THE HERB GARDEN THEN & NOW Contemplating Plant Life At An 18th-Century Mansion Oct. 29, 2001 HALLOWEEN CROSSED WITH HISTORY Camden Fall Festival Glories in Ghosts, Graves and a Pinelands Devil June 4, 2001 NEW JERSEY'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MYTH-BUSTER Giles Wright is on a Mission to Fine Tune Black History July 16, 2001 A GRIMIER VIEW OF HISTORY Industrial Historian Honored for National Register Work April 30, 2001 AN AFTERNOON OF COLONIAL LIFE Hearth Cooking and Colorful Docents Mark Historic Society's Family Fun Day 2001 March 1, 2001 CAMDEN'S GOLDEN ERA OF SHIPBUILDING Exhibit Details Daily Life at New York Ship During WW II Feb. 12, 2001 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Art Exhibit Marks New Focus for County Historical Society

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