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Event Details
This walking tour aims to strengthen Haddonfield's reputation as a welcoming town by amplifying and preserving its long-overlooked African-American residents, their descendants, businesses, and other institutions.
Registrants meet at Centennial Field Spectator Stand, 20 Park Place, Haddonfield, NJ. Complimentary parking is available at Acme market at the intersection of Ellis Street and Haddon Avenue.
The rain date is February 24.
Headsets will be available for hearing-impaired registrants (courtesy of the Historical Society of Haddonfield).
Suggested cash donations of $10 will be collected on-site.
Following the tour, the Haddonfield Public Library will host Ellen Alford, author of Abolition and the Underground Railroad in South Jersey: Not Without a Fight. Registration for that event can be found here.
General donations can be sent to:
Haddonfield Educational Trust
for The Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project
c/o Haddonfield Educational Trust
PO Box 178, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
The Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project is a Sub-Committee of Haddonfield Alumni Society.
Our work is made possible through individual donations and contributions from:
Sponsors: Haddonfield Foundation, Independence Public Media Foundation, Rotary Club of Haddonfield Foundation
Founding Sponsor: Haddonfield Education Association
Legacy Sponsor: Haddonfield Antiracist Coalition
Strategic Partners: Haddonfield Educational Trust, Haddonfield Public Library, Haddonfield Plays and Players, Historical Society of Lawnside, and Historical Society of Haddonfield
Additional Information
Safety Notification
Everyone taking part in this tour does so at his/her own risk.