News

America's River Roots is expected to draw people for parties, and a new app can teach them something while they're here.
Forty feet underground, the city's once-bustling system of freight tunnels remains. Social media videos show adventurers and thrill-seekers looking for the tunnels — but are they real?
A Chester County-based organization promoting racial healing through storytelling is working with Longwood Gardens, Lincoln ...
Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating a significant step toward the end of slavery in the United States, marks a ...
The transportation network for escaped slaves during the mid-1800s passed right through Delaware, a 95-mile trail spanning ...
The Appalachian Freedom Heritage Tourism Initiative will be dedicating two of Ironton's historic sites in Ironton that were part of the Underground Railroad. On Wednesday at 10 a.m., a marker will ...
Earlier this month, the National Park Service added six Ohio sites to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom — a program meant to preserve and honor “the history of resistance to ...
Top destinations include the Cincinnati Zoo, the Newport Aquarium and Washington Park. The local amusement park, Kings Island, is located about 30 minutes from downtown. For educational experiences, ...
Albany — Albany's Underground Railroad Education Center is the latest local space for history and education to receive notice that their federal Institute of Museum and Library Services grant is ...
Tom Shepard said the Underground Railroad is ignored despite Chicago's South Side and south suburbs identified as home to safe houses. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F.
The content was replaced with a collage of Underground Railroad stamps from the U.S. Postal Service that highlight “Black/White Cooperation” in transporting escaped slaves to freedom in the north.
(The Hill) — The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad. For years, the Parks’ page on the ...