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Southwest of New Jersey is Camden, New Jersey’s sixth largest city. A poet named Walt Whitman spent the last 19 years of his life there, talking to strangers whenever he met them. Later, one of Camden’s landmarks is a place called the Walt Whitman House. 

Ever eaten Campbell Soup? It’s based on Camden. The company has it’s own MUSEUM there! The Campbell Museum has soup bowls dating back 2,500 years.

In 1982 the New Jersey State Aquarium (in Camden) opened. Children all over New Jersey loved it. 

If you want to learn more about Camden and New Jersey read the book From Sea to Shining Sea: New Jersey.