CANCELED - Meet Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad Conductor

Library Closed for Thanksgiving

NPL will be closed at 5 pm Wednesday, November 27 and remain closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Our Fell Avenue lot bookdrop and off-site bookdrops will remain available. We will reopen at 9 am on November 30.

Program Type:

In-Person

Age Group:

Everyone
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Event Details

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Meet Harriet Tubman and learn about her incredible life. Tubman escaped slavery and helped other Black Americans gain their freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She served as a scout, spy, guerilla fighter and nurse for the Union Army in the Civil War, and is considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.

Tubman will be portrayed by Kathryn Harris, former Library Services Director at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Past President of the Abraham Lincoln Association. Harris has portrayed Tubman since the late 1990s.

This presentation will be engaging and informative for all ages, kids-adults.