Atlantic City in Atlantic County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Harold Corry
1921 - 2002
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
1. Harold Corry Marker
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, this longtime Atlantic city resident was a founder and past president of the Chelsea Neighborhood Association, which grew to become the largest civic organization in Atlantic City. Corry also co-founded and served as Vice-President of the Congress of Community Organizations, an umbrella group of civic organizations representing African-Americans, Caucasians and Latin Americans. Known as a mild-mannered, caring person, Corry is credited with an ability to defuse racial conflict and promote harmony by building coalitions spanning racial, religious, geographic and economic divides. He, along with his wife Billie, operated Corry's Delicatessen for 20 years on Atlantic Avenue between Boston and Sovereign avenues. He was a Past Chancellor of the Atlantic Lodge No. 98 of the Knights of Pythias. In the late 1950s he also led a Boy Scout Troop at the Betty Bacharach Home during the two years his son was being cared for there.
Location. 39° 21.18′ N, 74° 27.017′ W. Marker is in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. It is on Atlantic Avenue just east of South Sovereign Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3 S Sovereign Ave, Atlantic City NJ 08401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on New Jersey’s Jersey Shore. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Civil War Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); John J. Mooney, Jr. (about 700 feet away); Purple Heart Memorial (about 700 feet
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 256 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 23, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
