Gloucester City High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Gloucester City, NJ)

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For our 1955 Blue Gold Year Book we have chosen as our theme, “The American Indian, because of Gloucester City’s historic Indian background. Our city was first founded as a small village back in 1623, known by the Indian name of Fort Nassau. From that small village. Fort Nassau, we have prospered and grown to our present Gloucester City with some 15,000 inhabitants. Just as Fort Nassau developed into our present city, in this book we want to give you some idea of how the schools, from their earliest beginnings, have developed into our present school system with its modern high school, the advantages of which, our class has had the privilege of enjoying. Last year for the first time we became a member of the National Honor Society. Our local chapter was named after historic Fort Nassau, which was founded back in 1623, thus gaining the distinction of being the third oldest city in the United States. The monument, located at Broadway and Cumberland Street, commemorates the founding of Fort Nassau. It was placed there on the occasion of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Gloucester City held back in 1923.