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Burlington County will honor Louise Calloway, founder of its Underground Railroad Museum

On Saturday, the Burlington County Library is hosting a program to honor Louise Calloway, 92, who founded the Underground Railroad Museum in the county, as "a keeper of history."

Louise Calloway poses with some of the artifacts she collected on trips to Arica, on display in the Underground Railroad Museum on the Historic Smithville Park grounds on April 27, 2022. She is being honored by the Burlington County Library System as the museum’s founder and collector of historical artifacts and for telling the story of the Underground Railroad in South Jersey.
Louise Calloway poses with some of the artifacts she collected on trips to Arica, on display in the Underground Railroad Museum on the Historic Smithville Park grounds on April 27, 2022. She is being honored by the Burlington County Library System as the museum’s founder and collector of historical artifacts and for telling the story of the Underground Railroad in South Jersey.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer