Northside history – an introduction
Since I am now going to be writing the Northside History column for the Camden Community News, I thought you might want to know a little bit about me and my …
Archive by category History
Articles pertaining to historical information to the Camden neighborhoods.
Behind the Victory Flagpole My last article
Editor’s note: Folks, our long time columnist of the Behind the Victory Flagpole is stepping down. Barbara Meyer Bistodeau has written her monthly column …
Behind the Victory Flagpole
Here are some holiday ads from Camden businesses from a long time ago submitted by Barbara Meyer Bistodeau. Those were the …
Behind the Victory Flagpole Thankful for Thanksgiving
From our earliest days in school we were taught about Thanksgiving and its association with the Pilgrims. In reality, in the United States, it is an annual …
Behind the Victory Flagpole Crystal What?
Where in the world is Crystal Village? I had never heard of it as a child living behind the Victory Flagpole, nor as a teen, or even after I was married. At …
Behind the Victory Flagpole The Fun School
“Look us over, look us over Come right down the line, We can stand first class inspection ‘Cause we’re right up to perfection We’re from Henry, we’re …
Behind the Victory Flagpole Where has downtown Camden gone?
Where has downtown Camden gone? To shop there you could not go wrong. So close it was to Mississippi That’s part of what made it so pretty. It started out …
Behind the Victory Flagpole G and J Streets
How lucky we are to have our Camden streets named after wonderful and important men out of the past. So who are we talking about today? American philanthropist …
Behind the Victory Flagpole
Ode to the …
Behind the Victory Flagpole
Ode to the Victory …