Burlington

      Saturday, July 31, 2021: Similar to the day before, I visited another old Burlington County, New Jersey, town: Burlington—founded in 1677. I have been to Burlington in the past. Back in October 2004, I visited this town and the Burlington Historical Society Museum. I have a write up about the museum in volume 5, issue 4, of DOTTY’S DIMENSIONS. This time around, the museum was closed because of covid-19, but that wasn’t the reason I visited this town on the date above. According to Main Street Burlington, P.O. Box 1495, Burlington, NJ, 08016 (201-247-7951), there were plenty of stores, restaurants, and other businesses on Main Street, almost to the riverfront. However, similar to Bordentown, many of these businesses had limited hours: They didn’t open until noon, 1 P.M., or 2 P.M. Unlike Bordentown, most stores did operate from about Tuesday through Saturday. Some of them opened on Sunday or Monday. Again, I didn’t mind because like Bordentown, I only walked around the downtown, took some pictures, and window browsed. The views were worth it! Here too, the buildings went back to the 1700s, 1800s, and into the 1900s. On Wednesdays, from 3 P.M. to 6 P.M., from June through September, this town has a small farmers’ market with about six vendors in the middle of downtown. On certain Saturdays, this town also played host to concerts near the waterfront, and certain people conducted historic tours as well.