Historical Society Welcomes Award-Winning Photographer

Award-winning Inquirer photographer Tom Gralish will be the featured speaker at the Historical Society of Haddonfield's General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. He retraced Lewis & Clark's famous journey in 2003 beginning at the Arch in St. Louis and traveling more than 6,000 miles. He captured present day images, some breathtaking, some incongruous, of that historic trail.

Gralish's work is well known to those who live in the region; his weekly column in the Inquirer "Scene through the Lens" forces us all to take a second look at our surroundings. He has covered events ranging from political campaigns and uprisings to everyday occurrences in the region. His photographs on the homeless in Philadelphia won him both a Pulitzer prize and the Robert F. Kennedy award.

Many of you will recall the 2005 book that he undertook with Mike Vitez, Rocky Stories: Tales of Love, Hope and Happiness at America's Most Famous Steps.

The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission for members is free; a $5 donation is requested for non-members.

For more info: 856-429-7375

Have your own Haddonfield news to share? Send it to Local Editor Bill Duhart at bill.duhart@patch.com.