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Local Historian Gives Special Presentation At Griffith Morgan House On April 8

By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian On Sunday, April 8, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., historic Griffith Morgan…

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Historic Homes Open For Independence Day Celebration

Both the Burrough-Dover House, 9201 Burrough-Dover Lane; and Griffith Morgan House, 243 Griffith Morgan Lane off River Rd., will be…

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Life And Events From 1892 In Pennsauken – Part II

By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian The creation of Pensauken Township in 1892 was only one way the…

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Life And Events From 1892 In Pennsauken

By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian The world in 1892 was different, but people were much the same….

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A Special Postage Stamp For Labor Day, 1956

By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Since the invention of the first postage stamps in the United Kingdom…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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