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Explore Illinois’ Underground Railroad history at Beardstown’s Old Lincoln Courtroom exhibit, featuring stories, photos and ...
Thirty years after its founding by a small group of individuals, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is ...
Other plans for the site include a plaza and pergola for outdoor gatherings, along with the new heritage center to house the ...
The Underground Railroad in Decatur County display is open at the Decatur County Historical Society Museum, 222 N. Franklin Street, Greensburg. Period costumes, photography and handwritten letters ...
Following the removal and restoration of Harriet Tubman content from the National Park Service’s webpage about the ...
At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, we will continue to present fact-based history because we are an ...
The National Park Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad. For years, the NPS’s page on the ...
“Changes to the Underground Railroad page on the National Park Service’s website were made without approval from NPS leadership nor Department leadership,” NPS spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz said late ...
The Underground Railroad was not a “Kumbaya moment ... Another challenge is Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which for years has supported ...
He is featured on a traveling exhibit on the Underground Railroad. Composite picture courtesy of the Birmingham Museum. The exhibit, which was a cooperative effort by several area historical ...