Henry W. Longfellow Elementary School And Its Beginnings
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Henry W. Longfellow Elementary School was one of the schools built during…
Burrough-Dover House Hosts “Colonial Earth Day” On May 6
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian This month, wildlife and watersheds, woodcraft, and other matters of the historical…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…