Editing Gloucester City, New Jersey (section)

==Popular culture==
* Gloucester City is cited by some as the birthplace of [[rock and roll]]. [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]—originally a [[country music]] band called "Bill Haley and the Saddlemen"—were the house band playing at the Twin Bar for 18 months starting in the early 1950s and are said to have modified their performing style while on stage there to an early form of rock and roll.<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/nyregion/10rock.html "Cradle of Rock? Two Towns Stake Their Claims"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 10, 2007. Accessed July 10, 2007. "But Gloucester City, another New Jersey town, about an 80-mile drive northwest of Wildwood, wants to cut in right there. And on Saturday, Mr. Richards and other Comets plan to headline a show in Gloucester City, in Camden County along the Delaware River, to commemorate an 18-month span in the early 1950s when Mr. Haley led the house band at the Twin Bar."</ref><ref>[http://www.cityofgloucester.org/newshome.php News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707210022/http://www.cityofgloucester.org/newshome.php |date=July 7, 2007 }}, Gloucester City. Accessed May 26, 2007.</ref>
* In 1881, painter [[Thomas Eakins]] completed two versions of [[List of works by Thomas Eakins|"Shad-Fishing at Gloucester on the Delaware River"]]. A watercolor version is housed in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]], while an oil on canvas version is on display at the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] in Philadelphia, just across the Delaware River from Gloucester City.<ref>Staff. [https://archive.today/20130201152641/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1840808661.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+14,+2001&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=An+exhibit+of+the+Philadelphia+artist's+work+offers+fresh+insights+into+his+techniques&pqatl=google "An exhibit of the Philadelphia artist's work offers fresh insights into his techniques"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', October 14, 2001. Accessed May 30, 2012. "Gloucester City provided Eakins the focus for a series of paintings in the early 1880s"</ref>
* On November 4, 1773, Elizabeth Griscom married John Ross at Huggs Tavern.<ref name="Fran">Franolich, Mike. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20061019/SPECIAL20/610190414/Gloucester-City-Reinvention-over-centuries "Gloucester City: Reinvention over centuries"], ''[[The Courier-Post]]''. Accessed April 16, 2012.</ref> Elizabeth is better known as [[Betsy Ross]], a flag maker during the early days of the United States. Huggs Tavern was torn down in the 1920s;<ref>Brown, Janice. [http://www.nj.searchroots.com/EG/deathoffox.htm History and Genealogy: Township of East Greenwich, New Jersey] Accessed April 16, 2012.</ref> the former site of the tavern is part of what is now Proprietor's Park.<ref name="Fran" />
* Parts of the 1988 movie ''[[Clean and Sober]]''—starring [[Michael Keaton]]—were shot in Gloucester City.<ref>Staff. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2658889/ "Newsmakers"], ''[[Kokomo Tribune]]'', August 16, 1987. Accessed March 16, 2017. "By early next month, the cameras will roll for ''Clean and Sober'' in Gloucester City, Cherry Hill and Medford Lakes. Michael Keaton stare as a stockbroker with a cocaine habit."</ref> The film prominently features the property at 215 Morris Street, which acts as the home of characters played by [[Kathy Baker]] and [[Luca Bercovici]].<ref>[http://imgur.com/a/EwwnW Imgur] "Michael Keaton on the steps of 215 Morris Street, Gloucester City, NJ. A sign for Labbree Realty is visible in the background."</ref>