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Monday, March 16, 2009
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A Blog about the Chambersburg area of Trenton NJ. The Burg we all loved and miss. If you were from the Burg I hope many of the pictures and lists and comments under them from good folks bring back some nice memories. Villa Park, Franklin Park, South Trenton, and nearby Hamilton also mentioned. Use the search box atop the blog to find schools,churches,streets,stores,bars etc that you remember. Over 4000 posts and 3000 pics. Enjoy:)
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Don't know this name. But your comment about the ethnicity of the Burg is interesting. I wandered into Immaculate Conception Church recently on a sentimental tour, after decades away from the Burg. I noticed a window featuring two saints. One was St Patrick, which was easy to identify. The other was harder. I looked up the symbols and discovered it is St Boniface. Patrons of Ireland and Germany. Why are these two saints there? I was curious. In1888, when the church went up, it was a German and Irish parish primarily. The large Italian influx came soon after. St Joachim's was created to minister to the new arrivals. So the Burg was not always Italian, as I used to think, and it is not Italian now. They have Spanish language Mass at Immaculate now. So you can see how neighborhoods like the Burg change. They are always changing. We just don't notice it.
Yes Indeed:)
I learned about the old Burg
later on too and how it was
once German and Irish.
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