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title: "Lucy The Elephant - The World's Greatest Elephant"
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# Lucy The Elephant - The World's Greatest Elephant

Lucy The Elephant Lucy’s 145th Birthday NEW DATE: Saturday, August 1st Read more World's Greatest Elephant HISTORY Welcome The World's Greatest ELEPHANT Lucy the Elephant is located along the beach in Josephine Harron Park (named for our co-founder) in Margate, New Jersey. She is six stories high and is listed on the National Park Registry of Historical Landmarks. Our park is fenced and contained, making child supervision easy. Picnic tables are also on site for eating out-of-doors. 1881 James Lafferty of Philadelphia builds Elephant Bazaar 1902 Sophia Gertzen renames Elephant Bazaar, Lucy the Elephant & turns it into a tavern 1970 The Gertzens donate Lucy to the newly formed Save Lucy Committee, Inc. & Lucy is moved to her new home and restoration begins 1976 Lucy is designated as a National Historic Landmark Learn more about Lucy HELP SAVE LUCY The Save Lucy Committee, Inc. received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. LEARN MORE Call us (609) 823-6473 E-mail [email protected] Address 1 Lucy Plaza 9200 Atlantic Ave Margate, NJ 08402-2449