Harriet Tubman Legacy Project

We have a new spot to visit, Beaufort South Carolina.

Congratulations to Beaufort, South Carolina, where a new monument to Harriet Tubman was unveiled yesterday – on the 161st anniversary of the Combahee Raid. Created by sculptor Ed Dwight, the 14-foot sculpture features scenes depicting slaves rushing toward their escape and refuge in 1863. The monument is the very first in the state marking Tubman’s daring mission in June 1863 along the Combahee River. She became the first woman to lead a major military operation during the Civil War when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 slaves in the Combahee Ferry Raid.
>> Read more about the Combahee Raid: nps.gov/places/combahee-river-ferry-harriet-tubman-bridge.htm
>> Learn more about Tubman’s early years through the road trip known as the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, which begins on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: HarrietTubmanByway.org.

It is a National Holiday, it's EARTH DAY (April 22nd,). What are you doing to celebrate our Mother Earth TODAY? Please take a moment to pause and celebrate our planet! Consider how Harriet Tubman and many freedom seekers lived off the land! We only have 1 planet! So PLEASE DO SOMETHING TODAY TO SAVE OUR PLANET! 🌍❤️🦋👑

If you live in the WNY area and are looking for something to do today...at 5pm. join the Monarch of Infinite Possibilities LLC at the Earth Day Celebration at the Johnnie B Wiley Sports Pavilion (1100 Jefferson Ave., Buffalo, NY 14208). See pic #1.

Faustenia L. Morrow, our Founder of the Harriet Tubman Legacy Project and Principal at the Monarch of Infinite Possibilities LLC is being presented with a 2024 EMC Award for her leadership and hard work with the 2024 MLK Day of Service. She is presented with this award by her peers on the Erie County Environment Management Council (EMC). There will be Electric Vehicles, give aways, and information about green jobs. All roads lead to Johnnie B Wiley tonight for a family free, fun event.

*If you are in WNY and are not able to attend, please consider taking the Earth Day Challenge (see pic #), there are all kinds of activities you can do all month long. Use the QR code and follow the instructions.

Remember it is our responsibility to leave a legacy for future generations just like Harriet Tubman "kept going forward" for us. If you are not in the WNY area, please look for ways to acknowledge and TAKE CARE OF MOTHER EARTH in your Neighborhood, City, Region, State and Continent.

Wow! I can't wait to visit this statue all over the country in Michigan, Arkansas, Georgia and Arizona.

Harriet Tubman. The bronze statue depicts Tubman walking and holding the hand of a young boy.

There are several installations of identical copies of the statue, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Gainesville, Georgia, and in Mesa, Arizona.

Ypsilanti, Michigan – unveiled on May 21st, 2006. A plaque near the statue is describing Tubman’s life and legacy.
Outside of City Hall in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The Campus of Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. It was given to the University in September 1997 and was placed near the library. In 2017, it was moved to the front lawn to be more accessible to the public.
In Harriet Tubman Park in Las Sendas Mesa, Arizona – unveiled in 1995.

This will be a Wonderful opportunity. If you are in the Buffalo area, please show up and share.

Exciting news! 🌟 The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad New York Corridor - aka "Tubman Corridor" - is coming to life thanks to the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York (URCNYS). This initiative will link key Underground Railroad sites across New York State, including National Park Service Network to Freedom Sites and "Travel with Tubman" locations like Broderick Park and TThe Michigan Street Baptist Church

These sites, filled with abolition heritage, will create an incredible heritage tourism experience. 🗺️ Plus, this project will help Buffalo uncover and expand our Underground Railroad stories.

The URCNY is kicking off the Tubman Corridor with an initial planning stage and a public hearing in Buffalo. 📢 Join us on Saturday, April 20th at 11:00 am at 136 Broadway - Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Headquarters for this important event! Let's celebrate and preserve this vital part of our history together. 🙌

Learn more: https://www.urcnys.org/corridor

This is a must do, especially if you have liked or follow this page! Just VISIT! Please take pictures and share it with us when you do. ❤️🖤💚

Visiting the Harriet Tubman House and Gravesite in Auburn, NY Visiting the Harriet Tubman House and her gravesite in Auburn, New York, offers the chance to learn more about one of the most important Americans on the 19th century.

I have never seen this picture of Harriet Tubman. I ❤️🖤💚 love it!

Another photo of Harriet Tubman has resurfaced! The photo shows her at age 70. It appeared in a household magazine in 1892, when she was living in Auburn, NY. This is the second Tubman photo to resurface in recent months. We've included the other one – from 1908 – in the comments.
>> Watch the news segment from WBOC-TV: bit.ly/3OYMAUv
>> Learn more about Harriet Tubman by taking the road trip known as the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, starting on Maryland's Eastern Shore. HarrietTubmanByway.org.

I ❤️🖤💚 this Harriet Tubman piece by Bisa Butler. If you don't know who the famous artist Bisa is...Google her immediately because believe it or not, this is not a painting, it is a quilt. 🥰

I Go To Prepare A Place For You

Bisa Butler, an artist who uses textiles and quilting to share stories of African American history and culture, used Benjamin Powelson's portrait of Tubman from the Howland Album to recreate her vibrancy and strength. The quilt’s symbolism displays Tubman's need to conceal herself, her personality, and to express her religious beliefs.

Wow! This is going to be a powerful event. If you are in the Maryland area...check it out.

Please join us on Sunday, February 18, 2024, at the Water's Edge Museum in Oxford, Maryland, for a FREE program given by our very own superintendent, Deanna Mitchell!

Every time I see this picture, I smile. ❤️🖤💚

A mural of Harriet Tubman, reaching out to the viewer through a gap in a brick wall, with a boat to freedom on the other side.

The mural featuring the powerful image of Tubman is attracting attention from around the country, with some people moved to tears.

On the side of the Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center (Stop #5 on the Tubman Byway road trip), the mural shows Tubman with her hand outstretched, beckoning the viewer to join her on a journey to freedom. The mural, “Take My Hand,” was painted by Michael Rosato, an artist who lives in Dorchester County, Maryland, where Tubman was born and lived in slavery for more than 25 years.
https://harriettubmanbyway.org/new-tubman-mural-inspires-strong-response/

I have been to the Museum near Cambridge, MD and it is absolutely beautiful to see in-person (cue the song by Al Green, "Simply Beautiful"). Visit if you can.

Elevating history through art! 🎨 Jade Yasmeen debuts the first-ever hyperrealistic, full-color portrait of Harriet Tubman at Art Basel, Miami Beach. A stunning tribute to the legacy of the incredible abolitionist. 🙌🔥

I need all of my coins. ❤️

Wow! I have to do this one day soon.

Join us for a FREE downtown walking tour and hear the stories associated with Harriet Tubman's life. wear comfortable shoes and bring along a bottle of water.

See you there.

This is so exciting!

U.S. Mint strikes first Harriet Tubman coins to benefit Auburn site A ceremonial strike was held for the Harriet Tubman commemorative coins that will be sold in 2024 and benefit the Tubman home in Auburn.

If you are in the Maryland area this Saturday, Check this out!

Come join our friends from Maryland State parks this Veterans Day at the park. Ranger Melissa will be presenting a program about African American women in the Civil War.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/philadelphia-picks-winning-design-harriet-tubman-statue-controversy-or-rcna123199

Philadelphia picks winning design for Harriet Tubman statue after controversy over original choice Alvin Pettit beat out four other semifinalists with a design called “A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter.”

NEWS USA TODAY OCT. 24 2023
REMEMBER THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT. REMEMBER MOTHER HARRIET
White supremacy does not exist. Never has existed. It just been a figment if my imagination. And I’m a racist for imagining it. And since we did stop talking about it 400 years ago it’s effects are in the news today. Oh yeah tighten screws in my neck so my head don’t fall off 🤔

Wow! If you are in Maryland check this out on September 17th, 2023.

Come join us for our annual Emancipation Day Celebration!

Wow! If you are in Maryland, Delaware or the DMV area in general, check this event out. I traveled to Harriet Tubman's birthplace in Cambridge, MD and I saw these beautiful tributes to Mother Harriet Tubman.