The National Parks Service is hosting an event to celebrate the recent inclusions of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie in the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program. "A Strike for Freedom ...

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 ...

The house served as a key Underground Railroad station in the early to mid-1800s, aiding freedom seekers. Limited public tours of the Mifflin Farm will begin on Saturdays from May 24, 2025 ...

The National Park Service site joins the network along with 13 other locations, including refuges for those who escaped slavery and burial sites of people who risked their lives in search of freedom.

Currently, there are over 700 Network to Freedom locations in 39 states, according to the NPS. Fort Sumter will be officially listed in the program as "Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbor." ...

The Network features more than 800 places and programs, all with verifiable connections to the Underground Railroad. It was created by Congress in 1998, and serves to honor, preserve, and promote ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Two sites in Battle Creek are being added by the National Park Service to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The sites are related to the journey ...

Conley says the Appalachian Freedom Initiative plans to nominate an additional 10 sites to the national network in July. Ohio already has more sites in the Network to Freedom than any other state.