The venerable old Colonial town of
Trenton was changed forever on that fateful April of 1968. Gone were
honest, respected businesses that had survived in the downtown Trenton
for decades. Convery's Dunham's Elsie Gallivan, and many other anchor
stores fled the city to the safer suburbs as their downtown stores were
looted, burned and destroyed. Innocent business owners' buildings were
decimated, valuables looted and Trenton was left in chaos. The carnage
was done as vengeance for an unspeakable incident with which those
downtown merchants had nothing to do with.
I remember it well. I worked at 1st Trenton bank on state street. I received a pass to allow me to go to work at night. I worked the 3rd shift. What a terrible time and a sign the down town would never be the same.
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