Join us for a fascinating evening of history and community!
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Canoe Club at Hammonton Lake Park
Free and open to the public – no membership or RSVP required!
6 PM – Monthly Membership Meeting
6:45 PM – Refreshments
7 PM – Speaker Series PresentationJoin us for the first installment of a new multi-part series exploring the history of local houses of worship, moderated by local historian Dave Murphy. As part of our ongoing Speaker Series, this event will feature representatives from several local congregations, each sharing the unique story of their community’s founding, development, and role in Hammonton’s cultural and spiritual life. Scheduled participants include Life Mission Fellowship, Victory Bible Church, Hammonton Presbyterian Church, and Hammonton Methodist Church.
This first session will be followed by additional presentations in the future to include even more of the town’s faith communities and ensure all are represented. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the shared history, diversity, and enduring contributions of these institutions to Hammonton’s identity.
We hope you’ll join us for this engaging evening of storytelling and community reflection, celebrating the shared history, diversity, and enduring contributions of these institutions to Hammonton’s identity.
Our moderator, Dave Murphy, is a retired teacher, freelance writer, poetry workshop leader, and trustee of the Historical Society of Hammonton. He has taught at Lenape High School, Atlantic Cape Community College, and Temple University, and holds a Master’s Degree in the Psychology of Reading. Dave has presented on a wide range of cultural and historical topics, including half a dozen talks on the operas of Richard Wagner hosted by Life Mission Fellowship, available on YouTube. He also serves as a docent at the nearby Discovery House Rosary Garden and Faith Walk. In addition to his educational work, he’s active in numerous volunteer efforts in Hammonton and beyond, including the Kiwanis Club, the town’s Committee on Homelessness, and the Walt Whitman Association.
The Historical Society of Hammonton is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich, multi-cultural social, economic, and political heritage of our town and its people. Our mission is to increase awareness of Hammonton’s rich history and to establish public access by collecting, conserving, interpreting, and promoting it to the widest possible audience.
Our Museum, built in 1887, is a treasure in itself. Formerly the Hammonton Town Hall, it also served as a Town Library and Kindergarten. Located in Hammonton Veterans Memorial Park, it is open to the public on Tuesdays from 10 AM to Noon and Saturdays from 11 AM to 2 PM.
If you can’t attend the presentation, you can find them on our YouTube channel, or you can come in and play back recordings of this and dozens of other past presentations. Monthly meetings and presentations will continue the first Thursday of each month.
Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs within the Department of State, through funds administered by the Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.