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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SW_mayor-lorenzo-t-langford_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
An Atlantic City native, 'Rennie' graduated from Atlantic City High School and earned degrees in business administration from Atlantic Community College and North Carolina Central University, respectively. Upon returning to Atlantic City he purs…
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An Atlantic City native, who served on the Atlantic City Police Department from 1958 to 1984, retiring with the rank of captain. His last assignment was Executive Assistant to the Chief of Police. He once commanded the City's internationally reput…
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In 1929, C.J. Newsome was a founder of the Atlantic City Board of Trade (ACBT), which became the Black Chamber of Commerce, promoting Atlantic City as a place for African American conventions. An outstanding leader of St. James A.M.E. Church, he b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QMS_jeremiah-leeds_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
A revolutionary war veteran standing six feet tall. Leeds came to Absecon Island with his ten children in 1785 from Leeds Point, N.J. and built the first permanent structure of cedar logs. He cleared the nearby land to create his farm known as …
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An Atlantic City native, Hall is a founding member and former Vice- President of the First Ward Civic Association, an original member and Vice- President of the Inlet Public Private Association and a staunch supporter of the NAACP and 101 Women…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJX_pow-mia-monument_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
Throughout history, we have answeredour country's call to arms,for freedom, for justice,for self - determination of an ally.We have served and sometimes paidin grim coin the price exacted.Through no fault of ours,somehow we were lefton foreign sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5W_keepers-dwelling_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
The light from Absecon Lighthouse first beamed out across the Atlantic Ocean in 1857. At that time, the Lighthouse consisted of the original keeper's dwelling, a thirty-foot connecting passageway and the tower. In 1903, adding a two-story addition…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5P_absecon-lighthouse_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
Over the years, these grounds contained a variety of buildings that supported the Lighthouse operation. As you look around, envision the oil storage house with a greenhouse and sheds behind it, a square brick building housing the Weather Bureau to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5J_the-whaling-bark-stafford_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
Before construction of Absecon Lighthouse, many ships and many lives were lost off the coast of Absecon Island. Even though the beam from this light lessened these losses, other disasters plagued seagoing vessels. The anchor you see here, weigh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5H_the-life-saving-station_Atlantic-City-NJ.html
By 1872, the first life-saving station was in operation on the corner of the Lighthouse property. This simple building, with some periodic renovations, served until the second, larger and more ornate station was constructed in 1884. The new lif…
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