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Bridgeport offers a perfect blend of small-town charm and outdoor fun for Memorial Day weekend. The town takes its holiday celebrations seriously with flags lining the main streets. Simpson Creek ...
This southeastern Ohio gem – the oldest permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory – delivers that magical combination ...
Other plans for the site include a plaza and pergola for outdoor gatherings, along with the new heritage center to house the ...
Explore Illinois’ Underground Railroad history at Beardstown’s Old Lincoln Courtroom exhibit, featuring stories, photos and ...
Jacksonville Celebration Quilt Contest: Times Square Sewing Complex, 63 E. Central Park Plaza | Create a quilted project to ...
Confederate symbols, and their continued valorization, rob us of an opportunity to understand our own rich “people’s heritage ...
Officials at Cincinnati's Freedom Center learned last week that the history they tell about the Underground Railroad conflicts with a revised version favored by the Trump administration.
If a class were ever taught about Colson Whitehead, the acclaimed author says it would be titled “The Sorrow and the Pain.” ...
A memorial at First Reformed Church in South Holland, Illinois, uses railroad ties to depict the Underground Railroad and Jan and Aagje Ton. (Photo: Melanie Jongsma) The MURN is an entirely volunteer ...
One X post stated: "Trump took Harriet Tubman OFF the National Parks Underground Railroad memorial and instead centered it around White people." The above claim about the alleged removal of ...
Leslie Pielack has been surprised at the numbers of people who have visited a traveling exhibit highlighting Oakland County connections to the Underground Railroad. “It’s unbelievably popular ...