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Springfield traces the unique history of a community that began as an agrarian hamlet of three houses and became a modern suburb. Important during the Revolutionary War, it was the site of the final battle fought in the North. Transportation played a key role in its development, with the Morris and Essex and the Springfield Turnpikes and, later, the Rahway Valley Railroad and Routes 29 and 78 providing ever faster routes to nearby major cities. Today, the township has eleven houses of worship and several service clubs, veterans associations, and other civic organizations.
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Carl Falvey
reviewed Springfield, New Jersey (Images of America Series) on October 30, 2020
Springfield, New Jersey (Images of America Series)
Simplistic and disjointed. Was really disappointed with how the book handled the overtly racist imagery on the facade of a north Seattle restaurant' it was pawned off as a case of the owner considering it a cute marketing gimmick to attract children. This sort of thing shouldn't be treated as a cutesy anecdote without censure. Why even tell this bit at all unless you're going to call out his ignorance? Is it part of the classically over-used "oh, he meant no harm" strategy? Because he did cause harm. Actively.
I know local history tomes aren't always held to the highest standards, but the failure to acknowledge the gross grimness of racist caricature and trying to spin it lighthearted? I found it pretty offensive and it hampered my enjoyment of the rest of the book.
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