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Camden County Historical Society

Colorized postcard of the stone gateway at the entrance to Forest Hill Park and Park Boulevard, Camden.
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Park Boulevard

Park Boulevard is one of the three main thoroughfares of Camden's Parkside neighborhood, running from Haddon Avenue north and curving east to Vesper Boulevard at the border of Harleigh Cemetery.

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Camden Honors Whitman on 120th Anniversary
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Walt Whitman Acclaimed as 'International Prophet'

Wescott Recalls Friendship with Poet at Ceremonies Here Marking 120th Anniversary of his birth; Donaldson Tells of Buggy Gift Acknowledged by the world as the poet of democracy, Camden's own Walt Whitman was acclaimed here yesterday on the 120th anniversary of his birth as the "prophet of a new internationalism." This interpretation of Whitman and his famous "Leaves of Grass," which introduced free verse to the world and the rugged liberty loving character of America so lustily praised in his songs, was offered by Ralph W. Wescott , of Haddonfield.

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