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Jennings Sixth Regiment Band

People

George Frost

George Frost was the son of Andrew and Christiana Frost, both of whom were born in what is now Germany.

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Government

Jenning's Band

Jennings' Band, originally known as the National Cornet Band, was a well-known musical group in Camden from the 1880s until America's entry into World War I in 1917.

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804 Cooper Street - Baird Family Home - 1893
Historical Accounts

Old Cooper Street

Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.

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Philadelphia Inquirer column "Over the River," June 1, 1880, reporting Camden's Decoration Day parade and local items
News Articles

Over the River

A June 1880 Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: the Decoration Day procession of G.A.R. Posts 5 and 37, the death of Lewis Werts, a runaway horse stopped on Federal Street near Broadway, and other local items.

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