The King’s Highway

On January 8th, join us at the Moorestown Library for a special screening of The King’s Highway – An Award Winning Documentary Film by Jason Sherman.

Every day that you walk or drive on Moorestown’s Main Street you connect with a past that stretches across 1300 miles and three centuries. Main Street aka King’s Highway was carved out in the 1700’s and connected Boston to Charleston (as well as places in between such as Philadelphia, Moorestown, Haddonfield, and Swedesboro). The NJ History Speaks Lecture Series returns to the Moorestown Library on January 8th and welcomes filmmaker Jason Sherman who will screen his film The King’s Highway and partake in a Q&A after the film. The King’s Highway discusses the critical colonial and revolutionary era events that occurred along the old road. While Sherman’s film focuses particularly on the portion of the road that runs through Northeast Philadelphia, the film’s themes of historical preservation and the need to understand the past will resonate through all neighborhoods along the highway’s stretch. Voted Best Documentary Feature at the FirstGlance Film Festival and previously aired as a special feature on PBS, The King’s Highway is a must see!

The NJ History Speaks Lecture Series is a joint effort between the Historical Society of Moorestown and the Moorestown Library. All events in the series are free and open to the public. The King’s Highway screening begins at 7pm and has a runtime of 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Q&A follows immediately after.

To register please click here.