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….
April Marks Ninetieth Anniversary Of Nellie Bly Wreck In Pennsauken
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Ninety years ago, the first of two fatal train wrecks occurred near…
Skeletal Discoveries At Griffith Morgan House
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Five years after Pennsauken Township was created, a macabre mystery was literally…
The Father of Labor Day And His Pennsauken Monument
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian In Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken, N.J. there stands two monuments to Peter…
Reflection On A 20-Year Community Friendship With The Pennsauken Library
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Unless you are a teenager, or not much past, 20 years doesn’t…
The Beginning Of 50 Years Of Historical Work In Pennsauken
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian “Where I lie down worn out other men will stand, young and…
We Were Where We Ate: Pennsauken Eateries Past
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Restaurant and hospitality businesses have gone through as many evolutions over time…
New Book On Cooper River Overflows With History
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian A flowing river with its tributaries, turns, widenings, narrowings, its pools and…
Celebrating The Welsh Heritage Of Pennsauken’s Griffith Morgan
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian It is often observed that America, settled by immigrants, is a nation…
The Wright Brothers’ Airplane at Central Airport
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian The weather was favorable at Central Airport in Pennsauken on December 17,…