NEWS AND EVENTS
The Underground Railroad Legacy Series
September – December 2008
September 2008
Slavery and Freedom at the Presidents House
September 15, 2008
A Public Dialogue with Michael Coard, Esq., Founding Member of Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC). Learn how ATAC took civic action to reveal and preserve the memory of enslaved people held by George and Martha Washington at the President’s House.
Animating Democracy: An Underground Railroad Walking Tour
September 18, 2008
Join this exciting Walking Tour from Belmont Mansion to see the Columbia Philadelphia Railroad tracks still visible in Fairmount Park, just 400 yards from Belmont. Runaways, hidden in box cars by abolitionist William Whipper, jumped the train and ran to Belmont Mansion for safe hiding. A Living History Experience with Lenwood Sloan.
October 2008
Gospel Festival “We Come This Way By Faith”
October 5, 2008
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Held in collaboration with "Women in Partnership with God."
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Booksigning and Reading with music: The Gist of Freedom is Still Faith.
Author Lesley Gist-Etheridge shares an historical story of how William Still’s Underground Railroad and Samuel Gist’s mass slave emancipation created a miraculous reunion. After 40 years in bondage Peter Gist finds his family, The Stills.
Animating Democracy: Docent Training Workshop
October 9, 2008
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Presenter: Lenwood Sloan, Pennsylvania
November 2008
“Slavery and Freedom” in The Charles L. Blockson Collection
November 15, 2008
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
A public dialogue featuring Dr. Diane Turner, Curator of the Charles L. Blockson Collection, one of the nation’s foremost university-based collections of African American prints, photographs, slave narratives, manuscripts, letters and books. Dr. Turner is a graduate of Temple and past curator of the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
Pre-Holiday Gift Shop and Meet the Artist Jeanyne James
November 22, 2008
11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Don’t wait until Christmas. Stock up on your favorite one-of–a-kind collectibles, including Black Angels and Nativities, slavery dolls and hand-made quilts. FREE
December 2008
Holiday Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
December 4, 2008
6:30 PM
Light up your evening with Audrey Johnson Thornton, President of the American Women’s Heritage Society and Underground Railroad Museum, members, and friends at Belmont Mansion’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration.
Holiday Gift: Harriet Tubman Gift Shop
December 4 - 6, 2008
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
*Open til 7:00 PM on December 6th
Start your holiday shopping early. Purchase one of a kind holiday gifts and collectibles and meet the artist, Jeanyne James. Admission to the Gift Shop is FREE.
Special "Quest for Freedom" Tours
The Legacy of Belmont Underground Railroad Exhibition
Every Tuesday l:00PM – 2:00PM
EXHIBITIONS
Permanent Underground Railroad Exhibition: The Legacy of
Special Temporary Exhibition: Quilts by Jeanyne James
*Note: Admission to all events is $7.00 Unless indicated "Free." All tours are $7.00.
