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Ninety Years Ago: The Sesquicentennial Was Turning Point for Pennsauken
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian
Sesquicentennial is not a word that comes up in every day conversation. Ninety years ago, however, it was the subject of much discussion and planning, especially in the Philadelphia area.
In July, 1926, the Sesquicentennial celebration was the culmination of such wide ranging plans and development that we may well remember it as a pivotal event, transforming our township and our region, triggering succeeding changes that created the landscape and community of the Pennsauken we know today.
