“Look Up with Darley: Revolutionary South Jersey” Debuts on NJ PBS

Revolutionary tales, tea burnings, and hidden history… oh my! Watch the debut of "Look Up with Darley: Revolutionary South Jersey" on NJ PBS in primetime and explore untold stories of the American Revolution.

From Camden’s Pomona Hall to Red Bank Battlefield and a tea incident in Greenwich, we’re digging into South Jersey's past with locals and historians.

Tune in: Wednesday, June 18 at 8:00 PM on NJ PBS

Replay times: June 21 at 7PM | June 25 at 11:30PM

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In Look Up: Revolutionary South Jersey, Darley Newman travels through South Jersey uncovering stories that shaped America’s founding, often overlooked in traditional history books. Joined by Dr. Jen Janofsky and Ty Dancing Wolf Ellis Jr. at Red Bank Battlefield, Michelle Hughes at Haddonfield’s Indian King Tavern, and many more local experts, viewers learn about South Jersey’s colonial legacy and preservation efforts.

Corinne Bradley Powers has been making award winning soul food since 1989 and Darley meets her to hear her inspiring story at Corinne’s Place.

At the Benjamin Cooper House, John Hatch highlights Revolutionary significance and future revitalization. Soul food chef Corinne Bradley Powers shares her inspiring journey in Camden, while Eric James Montgomery and Samir Nichols bring the voices of enslaved individuals at Pomona Hall to life through art.

Ty Dancing Wolf Ellis Jr. of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Nation examines artifacts found at Red Bank Battlefield with Dr. Jen Janofsky.

Viewers join Ty Dancing Wolf Ellis Jr. and Dr. Jen Janofsky at Red Bank Battlefield to explore Lenape artifacts and ongoing archaeological work. In Woodbury, Gerald O’Connor showcases Main Street’s treasures and the Quaker experience. At Haddonfield’s Indian King Tavern, Michelle Hughes toasts history at New Jersey's first state-owned historic site. It’s here that the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey was adopted in March of 1777, while the New Jersey legislature convened.

The journey continues with Linda Shockley in Lawnside, spotlighting African American Revolutionary stories, and Brittany Ingersoll in Greenwich, where a tea-burning protest challenged British rule. At the Gabreil Daveis Tavern Museum, Margaret Westfield and Sharon Mickle emphasize the importance of preserving Revolutionary-era sites.

This South Jersey episode inspires travelers to look up, look deeper, and connect with America’s complex and powerful past.