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Our neighborhood has many homes that were safe houses during the Underground Railroad. Once enslaved people crossed the Ohio River they were in a free state.  Our homes on the river bank were sometimes their final stop on the way to freedom. At least two homes reputedly had tunnels that went under the Ohio River--of course, this was before dredging and during a time when the mighty Ohio sometimes dried up into pools of water in the hot summer.

 

 

The Southgate House, reportedly haunted by slaves

For one day only, on Sunday, June 5, people throughout Greater Cincinnati and beyond will have the chance to experience the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at no cost courtesy of National City. The Freedom Center will be open its normal hours of 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day.

The Freedom Center was recently named the number one Greater Cincinnati area attraction in value and overall visitor satisfaction in a recent survey by Northern Kentucky University. At the core of its visitor experience are the heroic stories of the Underground Railroad. Visitors are encouraged to take the lessons of such freedom movements and apply them to their modern day lives to become "freedom conductors."

Visitors who take advantage of the free admission on June 5 will enjoy an added bonus: a chance to hear two highly regarded local church choirs in performance at the Freedom Center. Choirs from the First Church of Christ Worship Team of Burlington, KY and the Carmel Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati are inaugurating a new Sunday Freedom Center attraction, called Gospel Freedom Sundays. Additional church choirs will perform at the Freedom Center on June 26, July 3 and August 7, 2005.

About The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Situated in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the banks of the Ohio River, the waters that once separated slave and free territory, the Freedom Center celebrates the legacy of courage and multicultural cooperation embodied in the story of the Underground Railroad. Of equal importance, the Freedom Center uses a wide array of exhibits to educate the public about the historic and continuing struggle to establish universal freedom in both the U.S. and around the world. For additional information, contact 513.333.7500 or visit www.freedomcenter.org.

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• #1 Comment from mrccgoody 
  6/2/05 6:31 PM | Permalink

  It's great to be able to read a journal that's so close to home...I've never heard of the Freedom Center, but now I'll definitely have to make a trip there this summer.  Probably not June 5, though, sounds like that will be a very crowded day! Thanks for the info...
  -Michelle
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