Escape to Another Era in Cape May

Escape to Another Era in Cape May
The Washington Street Mall in Cape May, New Jersey, is filled with locally owned and unusual shops. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Cohen/Dreamstime.com
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Look up! My one bit of advice for visitors to Cape May, New Jersey. That’s where so many of the city’s delights are to be found. Let me explain.

But first, a little history. Cape May, New Jersey, the nation’s oldest seashore resort, has been catering to vacationers since pre-Revolutionary War days. Later the shady tree-lined streets and colorful homes of Cape May became the playground of presidents. Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Chester Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all sought refuge there from the humidity of Washington, D.C., summers.

Fyllis Hockman
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