WHAT: The National Park Service (NPS) will hold a public meeting concerning
its study of sites associated with Harriet Tubman. Congress asked the NPS
to look at options for protecting nationally significant resources related
to Harriet Tubman and for honoring her lifetime accomplishments. While
Tubman is most popularly known for her role as a "conductor" on the
Underground Railroad from Maryland's Eastern Shore north to Canada, she was
also a Civil War nurse, a scout, and a spy and, in her later years, she
established a home for the aged in Auburn, New York. The National Park
Service invites anyone with an interest in Harriet Tubman to attend this
meeting at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia. The study team will
explain the study process and lead a discussion about Tubman. Anyone with
information about resources associated with Tubman's life in the area and
ideas about how Tubman might be commemorated is encouraged to attend.
Additional information about the study is available at www.HarrietTubmanStudy.org.
WHERE: Mother Bethel AME Church, 419 South 6th Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2003, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
For More Information: Brett Fusco, Philadelphia, 215-597-1672; Barbara
Mackey, Boston, 617-223-5138
DICKINSON COLLEGE, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBURARY 24-25, 2003
Pennsylvania's role in the Underground Railroad will be the subject of a
two-day conference at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. This free public
event, "The Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania," will be
held Monday, Feb. 24 and Tuesday, Feb. 25. Historians and experts will
look at various aspects of Underground Railroad history, from the music of
the period to communities associated with the Railroad. The conference will
begin with a keynote address by Tara Morrison, the northeast regional
Underground Railroad coordinator for the National Park Service. For
details, see press release on line at:
http://cfserv.dickinson.edu/news/nrprt.cfm?141
NEW BOOK ON JOHN RANKIN, RIPLEY, OHIO
Among recent books on the Underground Railroad and related topics is Ann
Hagedorn, Beyond the River: The Untold Story of Heroes of the Underground
Railroad (New York: Simon and Schuester, 2003), largely concerning the
activities of John Rankin at Ripley, Ohio.
Christopher Densmore, February 11, 2003
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