Event
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10/16/2018
African Meeting House
Location:
African Meeting House
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Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM,5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fee Information: Free
Contact Name: Diane Miller
Contact Email: E-Mail Us
Over the last two decades, the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program has made important gains as a program and has grown collectively to over 600 sites, programs, and facilities that have a verifiable connection to the Underground Railroad.
On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, please join the Network to Freedom program for a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the program and a special film screening of, Fighting for Freedom: Lewis Hayden and the Underground Railroad. This event will bring together Network to Freedom staff and members of the program.
The afternoon of the event from 1:30-3:30 PM, Boston African American National Historic Site staff will be conducting a special tour of the Black Heritage Trail. Please meet at the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial.
The evening will consist of a keynote and book signing by David Blight, whose new biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, comes out October 2018; remarks by Robert Stanton, former director of the National Park Service; remarks by Gay Vietzke, regional director for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service; and, light refreshments. We look forward to celebrating this special occasion with you!