Uncovering the Overlooked: How the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cape May is Reviving and Reframing Black Local History
To wrap up 2020, we are looking back on some of this year’s public humanities happenings in the Greater Philadelphia […]
Cape May
'On The Way To Cape May': Finding Hidden Histories on a Public Humanities Road Trip
Summertime tourists have been flocking to Cape May to beat the heat for nearly 250 years. Back then most visitors came by boat. Some travelled down the Delaware River from Wilmington, Philadelphia, and points North, while from across Chesapeake Bay came Baltimoreans, residents of Washington DC, and all points South (as well as their slaves). Today many visitors come down the Garden State Parkway (certainly the most direct way for the tourists traveling from New York, New England, and French Canada) but for those starting from Philadelphia or via the Delaware Memorial Bridge there is a better route that offers the opportunity to visit any of several public humanities sites along the way.