URR Program at Thurmont, Maryland, Saturday, July 12, 2003
Thanks to Cheryl LaRoche for alerting me to this program. The following
information is taken from a press release, slightly condensed.
The National Park Service and Catoctin Mountain Park will sponsor a
campfire program, presented by University of Maryland scholar Max Grivno, at Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont, Maryland, at 7:30 pm on Saturday,
July 12, 2003. The program, based on information gained from Mr. Grivno's
research on fugitive slaves and slavery in Northern Maryland, has been made
possible by a grant from the National Park Service's National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
The Catoctin Furnace, built by Thomas Johnson and his brother Baker in
1776, utilized a work force consisting of slaves, free blacks and white
laborers. The National Park Service included Catoctin Furnace in the
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program because it was a
place where enslaved people showed resistance to their plight. Runaway
slave advertisements published by the furnace owners in the late 18th
century document the resistance. Mr. Grivno will share his findings about
slavery in Frederick County, Maryland, and slaves who escaped, during a
program to be held at the Cunningham Falls State Park William Houck Area
Amphitheater at 7:30 pm, Saturday, July 12, 2003.
For more information on the July 12 campfire program, contact Cunningham
Falls State Park at 301-271-7574. More information on African-American
history in northern Frederick County is on display at the Catoctin Mountain
Park Visitor Center through the end of September 2003. An illustrated
program on the African-American Influence will be presented as part of the
"Catoctin Roots" series in July. Call the Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor
Center at 301-663-9388 for dates and times.
The park Visitor Center, located on State Route 77 three miles west of
Thurmont, Maryland is open daily from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm, and from 8:30
am until 5:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, visit
Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center online at http://www.nps.gov/cato
or
by phone at 301-663-9388 or contact Debra Mills at [email protected].
GREENWICH, NEW YORK: STEAL AWAY TO FREEDOM CONFERENCE, AUGUST 9-10, 2003
Thanks to Debi Craig for sending the information about this conference.
The Steal Away to Freedom Conference in Greenwich, NY is coming up on
Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10, 2003. See their web site:
http://www.stealawaytofreedom.com/schedule.cfm
Or call Debi Craig at 518-692-9740.
There is also a "a pre-conference event: 'Ghosts of
Greenwich,' abolitionists
and free men buried in the Greenwich Cemetery complete with
re-enactors." Presenters on Saturday include the Papsons, the Stewarts,
Ellen Levine, Debi Craig, Renee Moore and Rev. Fred Shaw. Tom Calarco will
lead a bus tour of sites in Washington and Saratoga Counties on Sunday.
Christopher Densmore, July 7, 2003
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