EXHIBITS AT WOODLAWN MANOR CULTURAL PARK • Sandy Spring PROGRAMS Germantown Sandy Spring The Underground Railroad Experience Trail Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park, 16501 Norwood Rd, 20860 • 301-650-4373 Call for group tours. This trail commemorates Montgomery County residents involved with the Underground Railroad, and celebrates the Quaker heritage and traditions of Sandy Spring. Learn how fleeing slaves eluded capture. This two-mile trail has a natural surface and includes interpretive sign markers keyed to a map. Find the map at the Woodlawn Manor trailhead or on the web site. montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/woodlawn-manor-cultural-park/underground-railroad-experience-trail Button Farm Almanac Tour 16820 Black Rock Rd, 20874 The Almanac Tour reveals how interpreters create the site’s immersive, hands-on experience of life in a 19th-century enslaved farming community. The historic Button Farm, home to the Menare Foundation, is situated on 40 acres inside Seneca Creek State Park and is Maryland’s only living history center depicting 19th century slave plantation life and the heroic story of the Underground Railroad through unique living history experiences. The farm offers regular events and programs year round. buttonfarm.org CAPITAL REGION Rockville Forging Freedom: Exhibit and Self-Guided Walking Tour 29 Courthouse & Red Brick Sqs, 20850 301-762-0096 Hear about the life of Josiah Henson, who risked all for freedom and whose autobiography was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s main character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin . Find out about the young Ann Maria Weems, who escaped enslavement in Rockville dressed as a coachman, and about two sisters from a prominent Rockville family who exemplify the differences between slaveholders. peerlessrockville.org 38 Maryland’s Underground Railroad & African-American Heritage Travel Guide
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