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Kennett Square heralds itself as the mushroom capital of the world, but what many people may not know is it was a crucial stop on the Underground Railroad.
"The Underground Railroad in Metamora," a documentary highlighting local abolitionist activities, will debut June 22 at Metamora high school.
Bennett Neiswender, Aislynn Shull and Reagan Lucchetti walked through the grasslands of New Philadelphia, following the ...
The Goodridge Freedom Center in York shared the powerful story of a former slave turned Underground Railroad conductor.
In Barry Jenkins’s reimagining of Colson Whitehead’s popular novel “The Underground Railroad,” it is as if the land speaks. In the light of high noon, cotton fields are menacingly fecund ...
Through Darkness to Light,” on view at the Culture Lab at Mid-America Arts Alliance in Kansas City. The series features photographs of verified escape route locations from Louisiana to Canada, ...
As we celebrate Juneteenth, we're retracing history in modern-day Kennett Square. What many people don’t know is that the town was a crucial stop for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad. CBS ...
St. Anselm has started a senior citizen club that meets most Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Hall, ...
Food, vendors, music and local performances. Underground Railroad tours. Parade on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. from the Shenango Valley Urban League to Roemer Boulevard to the city’s Veterans Square.
Barbara “Jean” (Merrill) Schultz (age 85) of Cassopolis, Michigan, stepped into the presence of her Lord and Savior on May 25, 2025. The Bible verse she highlighted during her last days, her “wow” ...