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 …
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Articles pertaining to historical information to the Camden neighborhoods.
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 …
Behind the Victory Flagpole The good old days
Oh yes, the good old days! They were probably back in the 1900s and 1920s. People back then were ingenious in knowing how to get along with simple things and …
Behind the Victory Flagpole Knox and Logan Streets
Knox Knocks This Camden street was named after Henry Knox, an American military officer; born in Boston on July 25, 1750. For his signal service at Yorktown he …
Behind the Victory Flagpole Two popular streets — Dupont and Emerson Avenues
The first street name I’ll talk about is Dupont Avenue. Samuel Francis Dupont was an American naval officer born in Bergen Point, New Jersey, September 27, …