Peace Pilgrim Park - Egg Harbor City, NJ
N 39° 32.173 W 074° 38.530
18S E 530750 N 4376345
This park is maintained by the Friends of Peace Pilgrim in her memory. Born Mildred Lisette Norman in Egg Harbor City, this site promotes the ideals of a remarkable woman. The park is located across the street from the Roundhouse museum.
Waymark Code: WM53Q1
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2008
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Recently, Egg Harbor City, through the efforts of Peace Pilgrim Centennial Celebration Committee, celebrated her 100th birthday. From the site:
"Peace Pilgrim Centennial Birthday Committee of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey celebrated what would have been Peace Pilgrim's 100th birthday on July 18-19, 2008. Events included a showing of a documentary about Peace Pilgrim at the Charles L. Spragg School, the innaugural Peace Pilgrim 100, a 2-mile intergenerational walk for peace, and an old fashioned community picnic at Peace Pilgrim Park. The event ended with the formation of a human peace sign."
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The park features a serpentine waterway. Check it out on Google Earth; it is pretty neat. There is also a memorial/explanation marker, a gazebo, several picnic benches, a peace pole, a butterfly garden, a really cool individual and hand-made tiled area on top of a cement platform upon which rests a statue of Peace Pilgrim and a lot of grass to walk around. The entire park is gated in by a fence.