05/05/2026
We are excited to welcome two presenters from Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center, Inc. on May 27th at 6pm for "Seabrook Farms in the 1950s – The Multifarious History of South Jersey’s 'Global Village'"
Mas Nakawatese and Helle Gawrylewski will talk about the global village that Seabrook was in the fifties – a farming community made up of the Japanese-Americans from the incarceration camps and the Estonians from the European displaced persons camps, as well as many other nationalities.
Registration Required: https://waterfordtwplibrary.org/event/seabrook-farms-in-the-1950s-the-multifarious-history-of-south-jerseys-global-village/
"The Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center presents the stories of relocated Japanese Americans and Japanese Peruvians from United States incarceration camps; wartime refugees from Europe; migrant laborers from Appalachia, the Deep South and the Caribbean. Seabrook was an authentic “global bootstrap Village” where people of many cultures lived and worked together and still celebrate their heritage. Seabrook Farm was called the “largest vegetable factory on Earth” by Life Magazine in 1955, and it’s founder, Charles F. Seabrook, came to be known as the Henry Ford of Agriculture for his industrial approach to farming." – https://seabrookeducation.org/
