SWEDESBORO — The Swedesboro-Woolwich Historical Society is pleased to invite you to our 250th Celebration of America. This event will take place on Saturday, April 11 at Trinity Social Hall, 1202 Kings Highway in Swedesboro.
The event will begin at 11 a.m. with an art exhibit of local artist’s renditions of what they felt reflected the Revolutionary War and/or times in Swedesboro. During the exhibit, we hope you’ll stop at our author signing table featuring four local authors, Russ Shiveler, Lois Stanley, Jo Ann Laughlin and Bennett Carlton. Their books will be available to be signed and purchased.
At 2 p.m. the awards for the art contest will be presented, a proclamation will be read regarding the 250th celebration and the skirmish that took place in Swedesboro, readings about the Skirmish from the diary of Reverend Nicholas Collin, the Swedish Pastor of Trinity Church at that time and from ministers of the Moravian Church writing about the Battle of Brandywine to the Skirmish at Swedesboro.
Carlton will give a brief presentation. Our event will end with Carlton leading a tour of the Old Trinity Cemetery (weather permitting) noting prominent people from the Revolutionary War era buried there.
