A public marker at Deptford Landing commemorates Jean-Pierre Blanchard's 1793 balloon flight from Philadelphia to New Jersey, generally recognized as America's first successful manned balloon flight. The original landing-site memorial behind the shopping center has become fenced and neglected, making the public marker the practical OddWay stop.
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: Roadside America