Joseph E. Salvatore, M.D. is a retired orthopedist who grew up in Wildwood, New Jersey, and lives in Cape May County. In the 1970s, he and his wife, Patricia Ann, founded Historic Cold Spring Village, an open air, Early American museum village located close to Cape May. In 1997, they founded Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum and Dr. Salvatore is its non-salaried executive director.
As early as 1776, the resort of Cape May in southern New Jersey was recognized as a popular, healthy place for bathing in the Atlantic Ocean. The hotels were boarding...