Each participating PA Quest for Freedom site will conduct a four-part series of Quest for Freedom Live and Learn Weekends. During each weekend, humanists and scholars will facilitate discussions regarding the featured book.
Read more about these special weekends.
Read more about these special weekends.
On the first day, the book discussion series will feature open dialogue in the model of the nationally acclaimed "animating democracy forums" to generate town hall meetings by discussing a book chosen specifically for each of the four weekends.
On the second day, scholars and first person living history personae will guide audiences and visitors through a tour of historic sites that relate to that weekend's featured book.
The weekend doesn’t stop there. Participants are encouraged to continue exploring on their own in the present-day communities that were so deeply affected by the Civil War and Underground Railroad trails through cultural and leisurely activities.
The 2009 Live & Learn series are based on selected books that explore race and culture through the lens of four themes: flight, resistance, social change and self-empowerment. Selected works and experiences reflect the essence of the state of independence. These books are listed below along with the dates and locations where they will be featured.
Visit the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s (PHMC) online bookstore to order each Live and Learn Weekend featured book or pick up a copy at participating Borders bookstores across Pennsylvania or at the events.
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On the second day, scholars and first person living history personae will guide audiences and visitors through a tour of historic sites that relate to that weekend's featured book.
The weekend doesn’t stop there. Participants are encouraged to continue exploring on their own in the present-day communities that were so deeply affected by the Civil War and Underground Railroad trails through cultural and leisurely activities.
The 2009 Live & Learn series are based on selected books that explore race and culture through the lens of four themes: flight, resistance, social change and self-empowerment. Selected works and experiences reflect the essence of the state of independence. These books are listed below along with the dates and locations where they will be featured.
Visit the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s (PHMC) online bookstore to order each Live and Learn Weekend featured book or pick up a copy at participating Borders bookstores across Pennsylvania or at the events.
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FEATURED BOOK
Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as told by William Still and Levi Coffin by George and Willene Hendrick
Friday, June 19
Time: 6 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: PA Dutch CVB Theatre
501 Greenfield Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Cost:
Additional Info: Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as told by William Still and Levi Coffin by George and Willene Hendrick. A valuable condensation of two classic narratives of the Underground Railroad, Coffin and Still’s works include some of the classic escape narratives like the stories of Henry Box Brown, who had himself shipped as freight, and of the Gateses, who disguised themselves as a young master (the light-skinned wife) and her body servant (the darker husband). Throughout the history of the escape network, both black and white persons risked their lives in the South and, once the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, in the North as well. The Christiana, Pennsylvania, shootout described by Still goes far to explain how much damage that odious Act and the slave-catchers it let loose in the North did, and the book as a whole illustrates the emerging crisis over slavery in human terms.
Saturday, June 20
Time: Juneteenth Community Celebration: Noon to 3 p.m.
Location: Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
750 E. King Street
Lancaster, PA 17601
All activities will be held on the front lawn off King Street.
Cost: Juneteenth speech and music is free. Food event is $15.
Additional Info: A community program featuring speakers and music will be held from noon until 3:00 p.m. Guest speakers, performances by the Bright Side Men’s Choir, the Bethel AME Choir, Abandoned Lyrics and the PA Past Players.
From 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., Lancaster’s community leaders will be offering attendees samples of their culinary specialties in the “Men Who Cook” event. Some of the participants will include Pedro Rivera, Superintendent of the School District of Lancaster; Ted Darcus, community leader; Craig Lehman, Lancaster County Commissioner; Keith Sadler, Chief of the Lancaster City Police Department; Rev. Roland Forbes, of Ebenezer Baptist Church; Tim Gregg, Lancaster City Fire Chief; and Paul Culbreth, Director of Multicultural Affairs of Thaddeus Stevens College to Technology.
Admission to the Juneteenth speeches and music is free; admission to the “Men Who Cook” food event is $15.00. All are invited to attend this fundraiser for Crispus Attucks. Tickets may be purchased in advance, or obtained at the entrance to the event. Parking is provided on site, with an entrance off Broad Street. In case of rain, the event will be held in Jones Dining Hall on campus.
Saturday, June 20
Time: Living the Experience: 1 p.m.
Location: Lancaster’s Bethel AME Church
450-512 E. Strawberry Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
All activities will be held on the front lawn off King Street.
Cost: See below.
Additional Info: A compelling story of a mother (Esther) and her two children (Elijah and Letty) and events leading up to the day of June 19, 1865, when they learn for the first time that they are free, free indeed. The story is set on the Andrews plantation in Galveston, Texas. The events of this family will make you cry, laugh, fume and be compassionately more aware of how precious life and family are. Come witness a live auction block experience, and see the Union Soldiers as they try and uphold the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, giving freedom to Africans. Join us for dinner after the show for a time of fellowship and then a discussion about the mental and emotional reaction to the Juneteenth story and what it means to be a free American today.
A limited number of complimentary tickets for this stirring performance are available, by contacting Alice Sanders at (717) 917-6917. See a short video and learn more about Bethel AME Church.
Friday, June 26
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Allenberry Playhouse
1559 Boiling Springs Road
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Cost:
Additional Info:
Saturday, June 27
Time:
Location: Allenberry Playhouse
1559 Boiling Springs Road
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Cost:
Additional Info:
Friday, June 26
Part I
Time: Hidden City Event: 6 p.m.
Location: Mother Bethel AME Church
419 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Part II
Time: UrbanPhilly.com Reception: 7 p.m.
Location: Reef Caribbean Lounge
605 S. 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Cost: Book discussion is free.
Additional Info: Join visual and performing artist Sanford Biggers at Mother Bethel AME Church as he discusses Constellation, his art installation project for the Hidden City Philadelphia program. Constellation demystifies the secret symbols of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia and depicts safe houses as stars on a map, creating a constellation in which Mother Bethel is the North Star.
Live & Learn scholar Dr. Veronica Watson will moderate the discussion in context to George and Willene Hendrick’s Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as told by Levi Coffin and William Still (2004).
After the discussion, join UrbanPhilly.com for a reception with the artist at Reef Caribbean Lounge on nearby South Street.
Saturday, June 27
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: The African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Cost: See below.
Additional Info: Be among the first to experience The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s new permanent exhibition, Audacious Freedom: The History of African Americans in Philadelphia, 1776-1876. Pennsylvania Past Players Frances Harper and Thomas Chester will lead this insider’s tour of the interactive exhibition, where participants will listen to life-sized 3D characters speak about their lives, beliefs and aspirations in 18th-century Philadelphia; explore an interactive timeline; and discover whose descendants still call the region home.
Live & Learn Weekend participants will receive discounted admission to this exhibition.
Adults: $8
Youth (4-12 years old): $6
Students (with I.D.): $6
Senior Citizens: $6
Friday, September 4
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Location: Erie County Historical Society
419 State Street
Erie, PA 16501
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Reception and brief history talk with scholar.
Saturday, September 5
Time: 10:00 – Noon
Location: Erie County Historical Society
419 State Street
Erie, PA 16501
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Book discussion with scholar; tours of local UGRR sites.
Friday, September 11
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Blairsville UGRR Museum
116 E. Campbell Street
Blairsville, PA 15717
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
Saturday, September 12
Time:
Location: Blairsville UGRR Museum
116 E. Campbell Street
Blairsville, PA 15717
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as told by William Still and Levi Coffin by George and Willene Hendrick
Lancaster Weekend Information - 
Friday, June 19
Time: 6 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: PA Dutch CVB Theatre
501 Greenfield Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Cost:
Additional Info: Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as told by William Still and Levi Coffin by George and Willene Hendrick. A valuable condensation of two classic narratives of the Underground Railroad, Coffin and Still’s works include some of the classic escape narratives like the stories of Henry Box Brown, who had himself shipped as freight, and of the Gateses, who disguised themselves as a young master (the light-skinned wife) and her body servant (the darker husband). Throughout the history of the escape network, both black and white persons risked their lives in the South and, once the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, in the North as well. The Christiana, Pennsylvania, shootout described by Still goes far to explain how much damage that odious Act and the slave-catchers it let loose in the North did, and the book as a whole illustrates the emerging crisis over slavery in human terms.
Saturday, June 20
Time: Juneteenth Community Celebration: Noon to 3 p.m.
Location: Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
750 E. King Street
Lancaster, PA 17601
All activities will be held on the front lawn off King Street.
Cost: Juneteenth speech and music is free. Food event is $15.
Additional Info: A community program featuring speakers and music will be held from noon until 3:00 p.m. Guest speakers, performances by the Bright Side Men’s Choir, the Bethel AME Choir, Abandoned Lyrics and the PA Past Players.
From 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., Lancaster’s community leaders will be offering attendees samples of their culinary specialties in the “Men Who Cook” event. Some of the participants will include Pedro Rivera, Superintendent of the School District of Lancaster; Ted Darcus, community leader; Craig Lehman, Lancaster County Commissioner; Keith Sadler, Chief of the Lancaster City Police Department; Rev. Roland Forbes, of Ebenezer Baptist Church; Tim Gregg, Lancaster City Fire Chief; and Paul Culbreth, Director of Multicultural Affairs of Thaddeus Stevens College to Technology.
Admission to the Juneteenth speeches and music is free; admission to the “Men Who Cook” food event is $15.00. All are invited to attend this fundraiser for Crispus Attucks. Tickets may be purchased in advance, or obtained at the entrance to the event. Parking is provided on site, with an entrance off Broad Street. In case of rain, the event will be held in Jones Dining Hall on campus.
Saturday, June 20
Time: Living the Experience: 1 p.m.
Location: Lancaster’s Bethel AME Church
450-512 E. Strawberry Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
All activities will be held on the front lawn off King Street.
Cost: See below.
Additional Info: A compelling story of a mother (Esther) and her two children (Elijah and Letty) and events leading up to the day of June 19, 1865, when they learn for the first time that they are free, free indeed. The story is set on the Andrews plantation in Galveston, Texas. The events of this family will make you cry, laugh, fume and be compassionately more aware of how precious life and family are. Come witness a live auction block experience, and see the Union Soldiers as they try and uphold the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, giving freedom to Africans. Join us for dinner after the show for a time of fellowship and then a discussion about the mental and emotional reaction to the Juneteenth story and what it means to be a free American today.
A limited number of complimentary tickets for this stirring performance are available, by contacting Alice Sanders at (717) 917-6917. See a short video and learn more about Bethel AME Church.
Boiling Springs Weekend Information -
Friday, June 26
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Allenberry Playhouse
1559 Boiling Springs Road
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Cost:
Additional Info:
Saturday, June 27
Time:
Location: Allenberry Playhouse
1559 Boiling Springs Road
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Cost:
Additional Info:
Philadelphia Weekend Information -
Friday, June 26
Part I
Time: Hidden City Event: 6 p.m.
Location: Mother Bethel AME Church
419 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Part II
Time: UrbanPhilly.com Reception: 7 p.m.
Location: Reef Caribbean Lounge
605 S. 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Cost: Book discussion is free.
Additional Info: Join visual and performing artist Sanford Biggers at Mother Bethel AME Church as he discusses Constellation, his art installation project for the Hidden City Philadelphia program. Constellation demystifies the secret symbols of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia and depicts safe houses as stars on a map, creating a constellation in which Mother Bethel is the North Star.
Live & Learn scholar Dr. Veronica Watson will moderate the discussion in context to George and Willene Hendrick’s Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as told by Levi Coffin and William Still (2004).
After the discussion, join UrbanPhilly.com for a reception with the artist at Reef Caribbean Lounge on nearby South Street.
Saturday, June 27
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: The African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Cost: See below.
Additional Info: Be among the first to experience The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s new permanent exhibition, Audacious Freedom: The History of African Americans in Philadelphia, 1776-1876. Pennsylvania Past Players Frances Harper and Thomas Chester will lead this insider’s tour of the interactive exhibition, where participants will listen to life-sized 3D characters speak about their lives, beliefs and aspirations in 18th-century Philadelphia; explore an interactive timeline; and discover whose descendants still call the region home.
Live & Learn Weekend participants will receive discounted admission to this exhibition.
Adults: $8
Youth (4-12 years old): $6
Students (with I.D.): $6
Senior Citizens: $6
Erie Weekend Information -
Friday, September 4
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Location: Erie County Historical Society
419 State Street
Erie, PA 16501
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Reception and brief history talk with scholar.
Saturday, September 5
Time: 10:00 – Noon
Location: Erie County Historical Society
419 State Street
Erie, PA 16501
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Book discussion with scholar; tours of local UGRR sites.
Pittsburgh Weekend Information -
Friday, September 11
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Blairsville UGRR Museum
116 E. Campbell Street
Blairsville, PA 15717
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
Saturday, September 12
Time:
Location: Blairsville UGRR Museum
116 E. Campbell Street
Blairsville, PA 15717
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
FEATURED BOOK
My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots by Thulani Davis
Friday, October 16
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Jasper Yeates Education Center
24 South Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Cost: Free
Additional Info: This weekend’s events begin with a 6:00 p.m. Friday evening reception & Book Learning Event at the Jasper Yeates Education Center, located across the street from the Lancaster County Convention Center. Our reception includes escorted walking tours of the Stevens & Smith Historic Site hosted by PA Past Players Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith. Following the reception, at 7:00 p.m., is a lively 90-minute discussion surrounding the book My Confederate Kinfolk, led by Dr. Louise Stevenson, professor of history and American studies at Franklin and Marshall College.
Saturday, October 17
Time: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Downtown Lancaster
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Lancaster City’s Fall Artwalk is a FUSION of visual, performing and culinary arts featuring the Lancaster arts community. And it’s FREE! Our Live & Learn guests are encouraged to visit the Mosaic Project at the PA College of Art & Design, an exhibit of works by Mary Borgman and Rudy Gutierrez, nationally renowned artists whose works document and reflect identity and multiculturalism. A limited number of complimentary tickets are also available to the 1:00 pm performance of Bethel AME Church’s performance of Living the Experience.
Friday, October 23
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Moonstone Arts Center
110A South 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Drinks to follow at 7 p.m. at Time Restaurant.
1315 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107 Cost: Free
Additional Info: Join us at Moonstone Arts Center for an evening of discussion about self-discovery and identity with author Thulani Davis, as she speaks about her gripping memoir My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots. Davis’ story chronicles her family’s lineage, ties to slavery and the making of ‘race’ in America. The discussion will be led by distinguished historian, Dr. Robert F. Engs.
The conversation will continue with drinks and hor d’oeuvres at Time’s Bohemian Lounge.
Saturday, October 24
Finding My Roots: Genealogy Workshop & Audacious Freedom
Co-sponsored by the National Archives at Philadelphia
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: The African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Trace your family history and discover your roots during this enriching workshop, led by Jefferson Moak of the National Archives at Philadelphia. Following the workshop, explore the historical roots of African American bold expressions of identify and their place in American society at The African American Museum’s new core exhibition Audacious Freedom. Participants will receive discounted admission to the museum. Please register at 215-574-0380 x224.
Sunday, October 25
Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Explore contemporary expressions of audacious black identity at Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the Philadelphia native and PAFA alumnus’ first career retrospective.
There will be free admission and special programming as part of PAFA’s Free Sunday Series through the duration of the exhibition, which includes hands-on art-making workshops, music and dance performances, lectures, storytelling and video screenings.
Friday, November 6
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Mercersburg Academy
300 East Seminary Street
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
Additional Info:
Saturday, November 7
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Mercersburg Academy
300 East Seminary Street
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
Additional Info:
Friday, November 13
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
Saturday, November 14
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
The scholars for each location are:My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots by Thulani Davis
October 16 – 17
Lancaster
October 23 – 25
Philadelphia
November 6 – 7
Mercersburg
November 13 – 14
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
October 23 – 25
Philadelphia
November 6 – 7
Mercersburg
November 13 – 14
Pittsburgh
Lancaster Weekend Information -
Friday, October 16
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Jasper Yeates Education Center
24 South Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Cost: Free
Additional Info: This weekend’s events begin with a 6:00 p.m. Friday evening reception & Book Learning Event at the Jasper Yeates Education Center, located across the street from the Lancaster County Convention Center. Our reception includes escorted walking tours of the Stevens & Smith Historic Site hosted by PA Past Players Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith. Following the reception, at 7:00 p.m., is a lively 90-minute discussion surrounding the book My Confederate Kinfolk, led by Dr. Louise Stevenson, professor of history and American studies at Franklin and Marshall College.
Saturday, October 17
Time: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Downtown Lancaster
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Lancaster City’s Fall Artwalk is a FUSION of visual, performing and culinary arts featuring the Lancaster arts community. And it’s FREE! Our Live & Learn guests are encouraged to visit the Mosaic Project at the PA College of Art & Design, an exhibit of works by Mary Borgman and Rudy Gutierrez, nationally renowned artists whose works document and reflect identity and multiculturalism. A limited number of complimentary tickets are also available to the 1:00 pm performance of Bethel AME Church’s performance of Living the Experience.
Philadelphia Weekend Information -
Friday, October 23
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Moonstone Arts Center
110A South 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Drinks to follow at 7 p.m. at Time Restaurant.
1315 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107 Cost: Free
Additional Info: Join us at Moonstone Arts Center for an evening of discussion about self-discovery and identity with author Thulani Davis, as she speaks about her gripping memoir My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots. Davis’ story chronicles her family’s lineage, ties to slavery and the making of ‘race’ in America. The discussion will be led by distinguished historian, Dr. Robert F. Engs.
The conversation will continue with drinks and hor d’oeuvres at Time’s Bohemian Lounge.
Saturday, October 24
Finding My Roots: Genealogy Workshop & Audacious Freedom
Co-sponsored by the National Archives at Philadelphia
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: The African American Museum of Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Trace your family history and discover your roots during this enriching workshop, led by Jefferson Moak of the National Archives at Philadelphia. Following the workshop, explore the historical roots of African American bold expressions of identify and their place in American society at The African American Museum’s new core exhibition Audacious Freedom. Participants will receive discounted admission to the museum. Please register at 215-574-0380 x224.
Sunday, October 25
Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Cost: Free
Additional Info: Explore contemporary expressions of audacious black identity at Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the Philadelphia native and PAFA alumnus’ first career retrospective.
There will be free admission and special programming as part of PAFA’s Free Sunday Series through the duration of the exhibition, which includes hands-on art-making workshops, music and dance performances, lectures, storytelling and video screenings.
Mercersburg Weekend Information -
Friday, November 6
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Mercersburg Academy
300 East Seminary Street
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
Additional Info:
Saturday, November 7
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Mercersburg Academy
300 East Seminary Street
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
Additional Info:
Pittsburgh Weekend Information -
Friday, November 13
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
Saturday, November 14
Time: See event contact info below.
Location: Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Cost: Free
Additional Info:
Philadelphia: Dr. Robert Engs of University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh: Veronica Watson, Assistant Dean of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Director of the Frederick Douglass Institute
Lancaster: Dr. Louise Stevens of Franklin and Marshall College
Erie: Sarah Thompson, former Director of Education for the Erie County Historical Society
Chambersburg/Carlisle: Latonya Thames-Taylor of West Chester University
Regional Contact Information
Chambersburg/Carlisle - Janet Pollard: (717) 709-7204 or jkpollard@co.franklin.pa.us.
Erie - Terri Blanchette: (412) 454-6411 or tsblanchette@hswp.org.
Melinda Meyer: (814) 454-1815 ext. 24.
Lancaster County - Alice Sanders: (717) 917-6917 or asanders16@comcast.net.
Philadelphia - Almaz D. Kinder: (215) 599-2295, quest@gptmc.com or visit gophila.com/questforfreedom.
Pittsburgh - Terri Blanchette: (412) 454-6411 or tsblanchette@hswp.org.
Quest for Freedom and Live and Learn Weekends are projects of the Pennsylvania Tourism Office. Jump Street, Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) are co-sponsors of the Quest for Freedom Live and Learn Weekends. Jump Street will provide tour guides to Underground Railroad sites as well as trained facilitators and first-person living history personas. PHC will curate and facilitate the selection and distribution of books, the orientation of sites and the evaluation of the overall program. PHMC assists sites in the evaluation of their historic assets and provides articles on the Underground Railroad through their Heritage Magazine.
Pick up a book at participating Borders Book Stores across Pennsylvania. Borders Books Inc, WITF-89.5 FM, American Urban Radio Network, and The New Pittsburgh Courier have also provided promotional support for this project.
Pennsylvania is proud to be a partner with the National Park Services Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Network to Freedom program is a diverse collection of resources comprised of historic sites, facilities and programs that have a verifiable association to the Underground Railroad; and, tells the story of resistance against the institution of slavery in the United States through escape and flight. Pennsylvania has over 30 sites, facilities and programs certified by the Network to Freedom.
Pick up a book at participating Borders Book Stores across Pennsylvania. Borders Books Inc, WITF-89.5 FM, American Urban Radio Network, and The New Pittsburgh Courier have also provided promotional support for this project.
Pennsylvania is proud to be a partner with the National Park Services Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Network to Freedom program is a diverse collection of resources comprised of historic sites, facilities and programs that have a verifiable association to the Underground Railroad; and, tells the story of resistance against the institution of slavery in the United States through escape and flight. Pennsylvania has over 30 sites, facilities and programs certified by the Network to Freedom.
