All are welcome to the 41st Annual Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Pow Wow on June 8-9, 2019 at the Salem County Fair Grounds in Woodstown, New Jersey. The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Pow Wow celebrates the culture and socializing of American Indians. It is a “living event” and not a “reenactment.” Public Pow Wows invite non-American Indian people to learn and enjoy the celebration, while also respecting the culture.
Admission is $15 per car load, OR $5 per person.
Join us for our June Quarterly Meeting with a musical presentation from our Executive Vice President Barbara J. Dawson, the topic is: “Music in Salem County”. Barbara and friends will provide a musical program including a display of instruments and photographs in the Salem County Historical Society’s collection. The music and part of the program will be provided by Beck’s Philadelphia Band playing music of the Civil War era. This will also include a brief history of bands in Salem County, information about the instruments and music from different periods. The public is invited to attend this free and educational event! Refreshments will be available!
- Sunday June 9, 2019 at 1:30PM
- Historical Society Presentation
- Executive VP Barbara J. Dawson, “Music in Salem County”
- Location: 83 Market Street, Salem, NJ 08079
- 1:30PM—Free and Open to the Public.
- Information: (856) 935-5004 or www.salemcountyhistoricalsociety.com
Image of Beck’s Philadelphia Band
Music at Friends welcomes Ginger Coyle to our concert series! www.gingercoyle.com
“A set from Ginger Coyle is like a hangout session with your best friend, one you haven’t seen in ages, yet as soon as you get together, you continue the last conversation like the chasm of time and distance never existed. Indeed, familiarity is the key here. You know you have heard these melodies, but where? Another era? Another life? Another reality? Surely, it’s a recognizable tune, but at the same time a breath of fresh air and an opportunity to reconnect with feelings not felt in quite some time. Musically, Coyle embraces many of the genres that have grown from the honest roots of American blues: R&B, funk and even reggae, gospel and jazz make their presence known throughout her performances and recordings. She wraps this up in a blanket of pop-filtered soul, tearing through veil after veil of layered emotion channeled through her confident delivery and a venerable charm that nods to predecessors both recent and long-celebrated, stopping short of fitting into any cookie-cutter template of current musical trends. Vocally she attacks with attitude and wisdom, framing her lyrics with a rebellious demeanor and an open heart. With an arresting presence on stage, and a sophisticated understanding of her fore-bearers, consider your enjoyment a foregone conclusion. ”
– Karl Malgiero inWilmDE.com
Music at Friends www.musicatfriends.org is a diverse concert series hosted and sponsored by the Woodstown Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Our mission is to bring quality musical performances to our area while utilizing the beautiful setting and fine acoustics of our historic meetinghouse.
The Music at Friends concert series is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through the Salem County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Sponsors also include Schonstedt Instrument Company, the Woodstown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and individual donors.
The concert will be held at the Woodstown Friends Meetinghouse, 104 North Main Street in Woodstown, NJ. Admission is free, although donations are accepted. An artist reception and complimentary refreshments will be provided at the close of the concert. Ample free parking is available at the meetinghouse.
The Mighty Salem Oak
Salem, New Jersey
1419 – 2019
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On Thursday, June 6th, 2019 at around 6:00 in the evening, the stately Salem Oak lay down, after standing tall for an estimated 600 years. She was at home, in the Salem Friends Burial Ground on Broadway, in the small historic town of Salem, New Jersey. She had battled time, gravity, and mother nature for several hundred years, losing several limbs, and requiring a great deal of care, before finally succumbing to her fate. She was surrounded by her descendants, the town that loved her, and a few hundred deceased Friends, all of whom benefitted over the years and centuries from her stately bearing, her ongoing endurance, and her deep roots that preceded not only the birth of this nation, but the European settlement of its lands.
The Salem Oak is believed to be a part of the original forest that covered Salem County, before Salem was established in 1675 by an English Quaker named John Fenwick. Legend states that Fenwick signed a treaty with the local Lenni Lenape under the shade of the Oak’s wide-reaching branches. This was one of the few treaties with Native Americans that was never broken. The Quakers of Salem have continued to have a strong relationship with the Lenni Lenape in the area. Fenwick would later build a homestead not far from the mighty tree. The area around the Oak became a Quaker Burial Ground, where generations of Quakers have been, and continue to be, laid to rest. Betsy Ross’s father was buried beneath the Salem Oak’s branches.
Her life span was double the 300-year average of most White Oaks. In that time, she witnessed the clearing of her forest home, and many other events that history has forgotten. She saw Lenni Lenape, early Quakers, European settlers, free African Americans, and their descendants, grow, build, and gather around her. She watched as Revolutionary War soldiers marched through her peaceful town. She impressed Charles Lindbergh with her fall foliage as he flew over Salem on October 21st, 1927, on his way from Atlantic City to Wilmington, Delaware, in celebration of his solo trip across the Atlantic Ocean. She saw travelers and shipments of goods arriving at the Salem port down the street, and witnessed the birth of industry in Salem, as a huge bottling plant was built behind her.
The mighty Oak watched generations bid farewell to their loved ones, as they were laid to rest around her. She offered silent comfort to those who came to visit their deceased friends and family, embracing them with the shelter and cool shade of her vast canopy. She offered a peaceful place for sunrise services, social gatherings, and quiet reflection. She enticed hundreds of children to try to stretch their arms around her massive trunk and provided them with a giant prop to run around and hide behind while playing. She inspired local artists to try to capture her beauty, her significance, her peacefulness, her impressive stature, and her sheer awesomeness, in every medium.
In 2000, she was bestowed the honor of being named a Millennial Landmark Tree, by a project through the America the Beautiful Fund. This recognized her as one of the top 50 trees in the country with historical significance. In 2016, she was declared the largest White Oak in New Jersey by the Department of Environmental Protection. At that time, she towered at 103 feet tall, with a circumference of 22 feet, 4 inches. She had a crown fit for royalty, spanning 104 feet.
The Salem Oak is survived by countless descendants. Many of her children are planted in back yards, cemeteries, parks, and along streets throughout Salem City and Salem County. In 1875, one of her seedlings, the Centennial Oak, took root in the Salem Presbyterian Cemetery on Grant Street in Salem, NJ. In 1932, in commemoration of George Washington’s 200thbirthday, another of her seedlings was planted along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia. This is the road that leads to Mount Vernon, our first President’s home. Since she fell, many past residents of Salem have reached out, stating that they have planted some of her seedlings in the yards of their new homes in states across the US. Numerous institutions, groups, and businesses throughout Salem County adopted her name and her image over the years. She will continue to live on, through her descendants, and in the adaptive use of her name and her mighty silhouette.
The Salem Oak continues to rest in the Salem Friends Burial Ground. The Salem Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends owns the property and the Oak. They have cared lovingly, and at great expense, for the Oak for the last half of her life. They are carefully coordinating the safe and respectful removal of the wood from private property and will work to make small pieces available to locals as they can. They appreciate the importance of the Oak and thank everyone for the outpouring of love and cherished memories that have been shared since the Oak fell. They request the public’s consideration at this time, to remain outside of the cemetery walls, and have respect for the Oak, the burial grounds, and the families of those buried beneath her.
A memorial service for the Salem Oak will be held at the Salem Friends Meeting at 200 E. Broadway in Salem, NJ on Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The public is invited to come and share their memories of this historical treasure. In lieu of flowers, donations to assist with the cost of removing and distributing the Oak can be made to: Salem Friends Meeting, PO Box 7, Salem, NJ 08079.
Dates: June 27, 28 and 29 at 7:30
Oakwood Summer Theatre opens its season this year with Is He Dead?, a hilarious farce about a starving French artist who finds he has a much better time selling his paintings when he is “dead,” running June 27, 28, and 29 at 7:30PM, at $10.00 per ticket.
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
Davidow Theater – 460 Hollywood Ave; Carneys Point
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Dates: June 27, 28 and 29 at 7:30
Oakwood Summer Theatre opens its season this year with Is He Dead?, a hilarious farce about a starving French artist who finds he has a much better time selling his paintings when he is “dead,” running June 27, 28, and 29 at 7:30PM, at $10.00 per ticket.
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
Davidow Theater – 460 Hollywood Ave; Carneys Point
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Dates: June 27, 28 and 29 at 7:30
Oakwood Summer Theatre opens its season this year with Is He Dead?, a hilarious farce about a starving French artist who finds he has a much better time selling his paintings when he is “dead,” running June 27, 28, and 29 at 7:30PM, at $10.00 per ticket.
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
Davidow Theater – 460 Hollywood Ave; Carneys Point
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Disney’s Mulan Jr., the classic tale brought to the stage in an educational, summer camp-like environment for children up to 18 years, running July 17 at 10:00a, July 18 at 10:00a, and July 19 at 10:00a and 7:00p, all for the low cost of $6.00 per ticket
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Disney’s Mulan Jr., the classic tale brought to the stage in an educational, summer camp-like environment for children up to 18 years, running July 17 at 10:00a, July 18 at 10:00a, and July 19 at 10:00a and 7:00p, all for the low cost of $6.00 per ticket
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Disney’s Mulan Jr., the classic tale brought to the stage in an educational, summer camp-like environment for children up to 18 years, running July 17 at 10:00a, July 18 at 10:00a, and July 19 at 10:00a and 7:00p, all for the low cost of $6.00 per ticket
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Disney’s Mulan Jr., the classic tale brought to the stage in an educational, summer camp-like environment for children up to 18 years, running July 17 at 10:00a, July 18 at 10:00a, and July 19 at 10:00a and 7:00p, all for the low cost of $6.00 per ticket
Tickets for each show may be purchased at https://ost.ticketleap.com.
For over 40 years, Oakwood Summer Theatre has been a Salem County tradition. Since its first production in 1980, Oakwood has been happy to entertain over 100,000 patrons, more than any other community theatre company in the history of Salem County, and has enriched the lives of hundreds of performers, volunteers, creative directors, and technicians who have participated in the shows of the longest-running community theatre company in the county.
Date: Saturday July 27, 2019
Time: Dinner starts at 6:30pm
Door-Showtime: 8:00pm
Location: 55 Chestnut Ave, Elmer NJ
Costs:
- Dinner only – $15
- Comedy show only – $10
- Discount Tix at ticketleap.com
- At door price – $15
