SOUTH JERSEY

Battleship to display love letters

Carol Comegno
@CarolComegno
Love letter on Battleship New Jersey stationery sent from a crewman to his sweetheart in 1989. It is part of a new exhibit called Love Letters on the retired ship, now a museum on the Camden waterfront
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial in Camden, New Jersey

CAMDEN - The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial will mark Valentine's Day and Presidents Day weekend with sailor love letters and a chance for visitors to win tickets to a Harlem Globetrotters game.

The museum will open a new exhibit in a crew berthing area that features love letters between crew who served aboard the ship in the 1980s and their sweethearts.

Touring guests also may enter a drawing to win a family pack of four Harlem Globetrotter tickets to the March 6 basketball game at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Enter to win at the museum ticket office at the visitor center on the pier.

Tours depart from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday through Monday.