Boone County Public Library’s Local History Department Bus Tour has been added to National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program
Boone County Public Library is proud to announce the Local History Department’s inclusion in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Library’s bus tour will be included on the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom website at www.nps.gov/ugrr. Additionally, the library’s Local History Department has been accepted into the program as an Underground Railroad research facility, joining over 100 facilities, sites and programs across 25 states, including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
According to Diane Miller, National Program Manager for National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, “We found that it (Local History’s Underground Railroad Bus Tour) makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the Underground Railroad in American history.”
In recent years, the Library’s Local History Department has dedicated itself to uncovering Boone County’s role in the Underground Railroad. Long-forgotten stories of enslavement and freedom, involving the county and the surrounding region, have emerged and are being offered to the public in the form of programs, tours and research materials. Each year, the Local History Department offers Underground Railroad bus tours through Boone County, revealing the experiences of those once enslaved in the county, and their quests for freedom from bondage.
