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From: [email protected]
The newest edition of the National Park Service's National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Program newsletter is now available. You may
access it from the Network to Freedom website at:
http://209.10.16.21/TEMPLATE/FrontEnd/program_d.cfm
If you have articles that you would like to submit for future newsletters,
please contact me.
Diane Miller, National Coordinator, National Underground Railroad Network
to Freedom
National Park Service, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102
402-661-1588, 402-661-1982 fax
http://www.cr.nps.gov/ugrr/
October 15 - Northeastern Pennsylvania Annual conference, "Among the
Mountains: Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Underground Railroad." James
and Lois Horton Keynote speakers. $35 fee. There will also be a dedication
of an historical marker on Saturday. For information contact the library at
the Luzerne County Historical Society, 49 Franklin Street, Wilkes- Barre,
PA 18701, 570-823-6244, ext. 2
"African Americans in Bucks County: Early Experiences," Sunday, October
17, 2004, 1-4 p.m., Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Glimpse into the lives of 18th and 19th-century African Americans in Bucks
County, both slave and free, in this Spruance Library workshop. Examine
primary documents, follow the path of a local teacher who documented the
experiences of slaves at the Warminster home of William Tennent to develop
lessons for students in the Centennial school district. Fee is $15.
Teachers earn 3 hours of Act 48 credit by paying an additional $15 fee. To
register, call (215) 345-0210, ext. 123.
PHILADELPHIA (PA): CONFERENCE AT INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL PARK, OCTOBER 30, 2004
From: Tamara Miller
Slavery, Precedents, and Presidents in the 1790s: A Public Gathering at
Independence National Historical Park, Saturday, October 30, 2004.
12:30 - 3:30 PM, at the Independence Visitor Center, Sixth and Market
Streets, Philadelphia
Presented by Independence Historical National Park with its partners the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Ad-Hoc Historians, ATAC, and other
interested community groups.
This symposium will feature a panel of nationally recognized scholars, the
National Park Service, community groups, and other stakeholders interested
and invested in developing and designing new interpretation at the
President's House site. This location, at Sixth and Market Streets, is
where George Washington and John Adams lived and conducted their
presidencies in the 1790s. Washington brought some of his slaves to this
site and they lived and worked with other members of his household during
the years that our first president was guiding the development of the model
of modern, republican government. The rediscovery of this information is
especially significant in light of the contemporary trend towards
constructing a more accessible, inclusive description of our past. Members
of the panel will explore the complexities and contradictions inherent in
interpreting this historic site. We will discuss our hopes for a fitting
commemoration of the enslaved Africans who lived at the house, one that
will contribute to the growing international network of historic sites that
present race and slavery. We will also discuss ways of interpreting the
Executive Branch during its Philadelphia years. This symposium is designed
for audience participation and is free and open to the public. The day will
include a tour and an open forum on the best ways to interpret and use the
historic site.
For more information, contact: NPS contact: Doris Fanelli at [email protected].
Learn more about the President's House at http://ushistory.org/presidentshouse/index.htm
Christopher Densmore
Friends Historical Library
October 7, 2004
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