Call it ESP, I just had a feeling when I braved the bitter cold a few minutes ago that I would have magazines in the mailbox and I Did!
1. The brochure from the Camden County Historical Society Winter 2018 was there with the following events to note: With African American History Month coming, this issue was especially timely. The cover story was the background on William Miles Butts, Camden Cultural and Civil Leader (1847 through 1899).
Sunday, January 14 from 12:00 to 3:00 African American History Room Opening featuring The Moores of Greenland (Magnolia)
(Note) I would love to see some history work on the disappearing "Snow Hill" of Lawnside. Each time I drive through there, yet another historic landmark has disappeared. These landmarks may not be 'historic' in the sense of age, as in being from the 19th century for example, but they are in the sense of culture, and the last vestiges of a thriving social world of music and food that once flourished at places like the Snow Hill Lounge (gone)
Sunday, February 11 12:00 to 5:00 "A Cast of Blues" Exhibition from the MidAtlantic Arts Alliance with live blues music 12 to 2:00
Sunday, March 25th at 2 pm "New Jersey Folk Revival Music, History and Tradition, ooksigning by Michael Gabriele. Okay, you missed him at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance event last summer, here is your chance to hear him speak. I bought his book - two copies, in fact, one to give as a gift. He is a delightful speaker and the information is rich and valuable to those who love NJ history and music.
All events at Camden County Historical Society 1900 Park Blvd., Camden, NJ (behind Lady of Lourdes Hospital)
For more info - 856-964-3333 or cchsnj.org or Facebook under Camden County Historical Society
My second mailbox treat was the February issue of Early American Life, which I enjoy to a remarkable degree. I love to read the articles and to look at the pictures and travel vicariously through the colonial world of the Mid-Atlantic Region and beyond. There are always things to entertain and delight me in this magazine. I was first introduced to it when I ran across a pile of 'give-aways' on a table at the Cherry Hill Library a few years ago. I liked it so much I have been a subscriber ever since. One year is $26 Early American Life, P.O.Box 221230, Shaker heights, Ohio 44122-9887
Probably I have related my favorites in this blog in past postings but if not, I will let you know my favorite articles from this issue after I enjoy reading it with a cup of fresh coffee and a slice of apple pie! What a great way to spend a freezing winter day!
Happy Trails and Happy Mails
Jo ann
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