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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T190000
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SUMMARY:Alice Paul presentation at Porch Club\, Oct. 24 at 7pm
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LOCATION:The Porch Club of Riverton\, 213 Howard Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Historical Society of Riverton":MAILTO:rivertonhistory@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Campbell’s: More Than Just Soup
DESCRIPTION:During our first General Membership Meeting on Tuesday\, March 12\, 2019\, @ 7PM we are pleased to offer a very special presentation by Marisa Bozarth\, Museum Curator\, Burlington County Division of Parks\, entitled “Campbell’s: More Than Just Soup.” \n308 Main Street – former home of Joseph Campbell\nIt follows the company from its beginning as a small canning company through to becoming a multi-billion-dollar global food company. \nMarisa will discuss Joseph Campbell and others who worked to make the company what it is today\, as well as how Burlington County farmers played a role in its success. \nMeet at Riverton Library at 306 Main Street first.  \nAfter a slideshow presentation\, we will move next door to 308 Main\, the former home of Joseph Campbell\, now home to Jan and Dennis DeVries. \nNo reservations needed\, but seating is limited\, so arrive early. \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/campbells-more-than-just-soup/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T210000
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SUMMARY:Keith Henley portrays Sgt. Henry Johnson\, WWI hero\, Nov. 14 at RFL
DESCRIPTION:Riverton Free Library and the Historical Society of Riverton present actor and historian Keith Henley who portrays World War I hero Sgt. Henry “Black Death” Johnson who served in the 369th Infantry Regiment\, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. \nDuring a battle in the Argonne Forest with German soldiers\, Feb. 12\, 1919\, he fought off the raiding party in hand-to-hand combat\, killing multiple German soldiers and rescuing a fellow soldier while suffering 21 combat wounds. For this\, France awarded him its highest award for valor\, the French Croix de Guerre avec Palme. \nBack home\, he was denied a Purple Heart and a disability allowance. He died\, destitute\, in 1929 at age 32. Decades later he posthumously received the Purple Heart\, Distinguished Service Cross\, and the Congressional Medal of Honor. \nWHEN: Nov. 14\, 2018 at 7pm\nWHERE: Riverton Free Library \nFree admission – Seating is limited – Light refreshments served \nSee more info about Sgt. Johnson and the Harlem Hellfighters here. The video trailer below is for a 2017 PBS documentary \n \n  \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/keith-henley-portrays-sgt-henry-johnson-wwi-hero-nov-14-at-rfl/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T110000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Day observance\, Riverton War Memorial\, Sun.\, Nov. 11
DESCRIPTION:A special Veterans Day observance will recognize four women who served and six men who died in World War I\nThe New Era\, April 11\, 1919\, p4\nTo commemorate the Centennial of World War I\, HSR President Bill Brown will officiate this coming Veterans Day November 11\, 2018\, between 10:30 & 11:00\, as we honor the following men who were killed in The Great War with a special plaque on Riverton’s War Memorial: \nJames A Bradley\nCharles Kelley\nWalter M. Kennedy\nRaymond T. McGivney\nRaymond Pratt\nThomas R. Reath \nThe NJ State Legislature designated in August the Killed in Action (K.I.A.) flag as an official State flag to memorialize members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were killed in a US involved conflict. Riverton will officially receive its K.I.A. flag to be flown above the Memorial. \nHelen Elsie Biddle\nThe ceremony will recognize the following four women who served as nurses in World War I: \nHelen Elsie Biddle\nEdith S. Coale\nAmanda Faunce\nEdith Holvick \nRiverton’s Veterans Affairs Committee seeks to add more names to the memorial and is also interested in obtaining old military uniforms\, medals\, and military equipment. Please contact me\, Bill Brown\, at 856-303-8513\, or JYD9168@verizon.net.                          – Bill  Brown \n  \n  \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/veterans-day-observance-riverton-war-memorial-sun-nov-11/
LOCATION:NJ
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180926T190000
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SUMMARY:Sept Program: The Life of Jeannette Rankin\, America's first female member of the US Congress\, 1917
DESCRIPTION:Carol Simon Levin as Jeannette Rankin\nAt the Historical Society of Riverton’s meeting on September 26\, 2018\, Carol Simon Levin will present The Life of Jeannette Rankin\, America’s first female member of the US Congress in 1917. Starts at 7pm at Riverton Library\, 306 Main Street. \nFree Admission – Seating is Limited \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/sept-program-the-life-of-jeannette-rankin-americas-first-female-member-of-the-us-congress-1917/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Historical Society of Riverton":MAILTO:rivertonhistory@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180425T190000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Daisy Century portrays Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daisy Century considers Harriet Tubman her role model\, someone who encouraged her to put others first and to lead by example. \nTubman shows us a woman who found freedom for herself and then made sure others were brought to freedom.  The brave woman who rescued more than seventy slaves using the Underground Railroad declared\, “I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.” Harriet Tubman takes each and every audience member along for this ride. \nDr. Daisy Century\nSince 1999\, Dr. Century has appeared in venues that include the National Defense Organization\, Belmont Mansion\, National Archives\, Sojourner Truth House\, Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site\, the Helicopter Museum\, and numerous schools\, libraries\, museums and historic sites throughout New Jersey. The HSR is privileged to bring her to our audience. \n– excerpted from http://ahtheatre.org/america/actor_historians/daisy-century \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/dr-daisy-century-portrays-underground-railroad-conductor-harriet-tubman/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180228T190000
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SUMMARY:Still Family History by Valerie Still\, Weds.\, Feb. 28
DESCRIPTION:Valerie Still – basketball trading card\nWhen Valerie Still retired from professional basketball\, for the first time in years she felt unsure of her next move. \nDr. Caroline Still Anderson IMAGE COURTESY OF TEMPLE UNIV. DIGITAL COLLECTION\nShe found the answer in the life of an ancestor who lived more than 150 years ago — her cousin\, Caroline Still Wiley Anderson\, a remarkable woman who was one of the first female African-American doctors in Philadelphia. \nDr. James Still\nDr. James Still\, her great-great-grandfather\,  born to former slaves\, was a New Jersey physician known as the “Black Doctor of the Pines\,” \nWilliam Still IMAGE COURTESY OF TEMPLE UNIV. DIGITAL COLLECTION\nValerie is also the great-great-grandniece of abolitionist William Still\, known by many as the “father of the Underground Railroad.” \nThis is only part of the fascinating history of her remarkable family. \nValerie Still\nExcerpted from “Still Connected” by AMELIA BRUST\, Inquirer Staff Writer \nSee the entire Philadelphia Inquirer interview and 2m\,13sec video here. \nWHAT: “Still Family History” – a free public presentation by Valerie Still\nWHERE: Riverton Free Library\nWHEN: Weds.\, February 28\, 2018\, at 7 pm \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/still-family-history-by-valerie-still-weds-feb-28/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180117T210000
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CREATED:20171030T050724Z
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SUMMARY:Face the music with Sandy Marrone at Jan. HSR meet
DESCRIPTION:Sandy Marrone\, owner of the world’s largest private sheet music collection\, shares part of her extensive archive which spans from the early 1800s   to the present Wednesday\, January 17\, 2018\, at Riverton Free Library at 7:00 pm. \nvintage sheet music\n  \nFrom waltzes to rock n’ roll\, from Madonna to Manilow\, she even owns more Elvis sheet music than Graceland! \nFree admission – Space is limited \n  \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/face-the-music-with-sandy-marrone-at-jan-hsr-meet/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T210000
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SUMMARY:Neill Hartley portrays Woodrow Wilson at Nov. HSR meeting
DESCRIPTION:Neill Harley as Woodrow Wilson\nIn connection with our recent series of articles on World War I by Mrs. Patricia Smith Solin\, we present Woodrow Wilson and the Great War\, a captivating one-man show set in the turbulent days leading up to World War I. \nFree Admission – Seating is limited \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/neill-hartley-portrays-woodrow-wilson-at-nov-hsr-meeting/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170926T210000
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CREATED:20170910T050316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170910T050316Z
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SUMMARY:HSR Meeting and Living History Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Mary Louise and Ken Smith will host the first HSR meeting of the 2017-2018 season in their home at 503 Bank Avenue. The couple will present a Living History presentation on first owner Caleb Clothier and Riverton’s first Mayor\, Edward Ogden\, and his wife Sarah with a tour of the home’s basement. Reservations are required. Limited to first 30 registrants. Please RSVP by September 15 to Mary Louise at 609-304-5987 or email 1851riverbankmanor@comcast.net. \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/hsr-meeting-and-living-history-presentation/
LOCATION:Home of Mary Louise and Ken Smith\, 503 Bank Avenue\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170612
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SUMMARY:Historic Riverton Criterium
DESCRIPTION:HRCriterium 2016\nThe activities Saturday are prelude to Sunday’s main event\, during which hundreds of cyclists will descend upon Riverton’s Main Street to compete in the Historic Riverton Criterium. \nLive music\, food trucks\, a balloon twister\, and more complete this cycling spectacle to kick off the summer of 2017. \nFollow Historic Riverton Criterium on Facebook. \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/historic-riverton-criterium/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170611
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SUMMARY:Bicycle Rodeo\, Cynergy Club Rides\, Community Ride
DESCRIPTION:This Saturday\, June 10\, 2017\, Cynergy Cycling Club‘s organized distance rides of 15\, 25\, 35\, 45\, & 50 miles each start and end in Riverton on Saturday morning. \nFor complete information and registration form\, visit cynergycycling.com. For day of the ride registration\, meet in the National Casein parking lot at 7 am. From there\, riders can exit on to Howard Street. \nFrom 1:30 to 3:30 pm\, the club will host a Bike Safety Rodeo on the Riverton School blacktop.  The clinic will teach children riding skills and precautions to take so they can ride a bicycle safely. No need to register. All participants must wear a bicycle helmet.  \nLater\, the free Community Bike Ride through the town (approx. 5 miles) will begin and end at Riverview Estates on the riverbank.  Refreshments and activities will take place at the end of the ride around 5:15 pm.  (more info here) \n  \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/bicycle-rodeo-cynergy-club-rides-community-ride/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170418T203000
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SUMMARY:Riverton Bicycling: Then & Now\, Apr 18 at Porch Club
DESCRIPTION:It’s a bicycling trifecta as the Porch Club and the Historical Society of Riverton co-sponsor Bicycling in Riverton: Then & Now at 7:00 pm April 18\, 2017 at the Porch Club. Admission is free and open to the public. \nRenowned Wheelman Gary Sanderson will speak about the history and development of the bicycle\, Riverton’s velodrome that once stood between Thomas and Lippincott above the tracks\, and the 1895 New York Times Tri-State Relay Race from New York City to Riverton. \nMembers of Cynergy Cycling Club of South Jersey will tell about their club and outline their plan to host a cycling rodeo for safety in Riverton on June 10\, the day before the seventh running of the Historic Riverton Criterium. \nCarlos Rogers reveals what inspired him to bring to his adopted hometown the family-friendly cycling classic known as the Historic Riverton Criterium. In a segment called Criterium 101 the former competitive cyclist explains his process in creating and managing the annual event\, which has resulted in the donation of over $25\,000 to local charities\, institutions\, and non-profits. \nThis presentation is a prelude to this year’s Historic Riverton Century and Community Ride on June 10\, 2017. The all-day event in partnership with Cynergy Cycling Club will include morning rides of various lengths suited to ability\, a bicycle safety rodeo\, and a Community Ride beginning and ending at Riverview Estates on the riverbank. More details to come. \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/riverton-bicycling-then-now-apr-18-at-porch-club/
LOCATION:The Porch Club of Riverton\, 213 Howard Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170323T203000
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CREATED:20170311T203441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170311T203731Z
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SUMMARY:The Golden Age of Silent Film 7pm at RFL March 23
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Riverton Library as Kate Butler examines memorabilia of old Hollywood\, including cosmetics & toiletry items\, hair products\, grooming instruments\, now-banned toxic products\, and reports on immigrant cosmetologists Max Factor and Helena Rubinstein. \nRiverton Free Library\n306 Main Street\nRiverton\, NJ 08077\n7:00 p.m. Thursday\nMarch 23\, 2017\nLIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
URL:https://rivertonhistory.com/event/the-golden-age-of-silent-film-7pm-at-rfl-march-28/
LOCATION:The Riverton Free Library\, 306 Main Street\, Riverton\, NJ\, 08077\, United States
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