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Juneteenth Ride Through History Trolley Tours

  • NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center 25 SOUTH ST AUBURN NY 13021 United States (map)

Harriet Tubman Gravesite, Fort Hill Cemetery/NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park

As a part of the City of Auburn’s Juneteenth Celebration, join a National Park Service ranger and Seward House Museum’s Director of Education for a trolley ride through history to learn the significance of Juneteenth and the intertwined stories of Harriet Tubman and the Seward Family. We will travel by the Seward Mansion, Seward Park, the Tubman and Seward gravesites, Tubman’s church, and through the Historic Black Neighborhood of Auburn.

Faded wood siding adorns the church exterior with its stained glass windows covered to protect them. Its original, white, decorative corbels hold up a triangle shaped overhang shading the front double doors. Higher up, over the front doors, the sidin

Exterior of the Thompson African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church/National Park Service image

Location: Meet your ranger at the Lincoln St. entrance to the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center

Date: Saturday, June 18, 2022

Time: 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. Duration: 45 minutes

Contact Information: Kimberly Szewczyk kimberly_szewczyk@nps.gov; (315) 882-8060

Free to the Public. Limited seating; registration required.

Source: https://www.nps.gov/hart/index.htm
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