Underground Railroad Education Center

06/07/2026

Some of the key walkers in freedom walkers 2026 and Maryliz and Paul visited St. Agnes Cemetery during the past week to visit the Schuyler Flatts burial site. Among those m pictured are Tony Cohen, Tom DeWolf and Linda Davis.

06/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that the NYS Council for the Arts has awarded UREC a $2,080,000 grant toward the construction of its Interpretive Center. Thank you NYSCA and all who were involved!

06/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that the NYS Council for the Arts has awarded UREC a $2,080,000 grant toward the construction of its Interpretive Center. Thank you NYSCA and all who were involved!

06/06/2026

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06/05/2026

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06/04/2026

Join us and the Freedom Walkers at UREC on Saturday June 6 from 1pm-4pm
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06/04/2026

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Join with others for the annual UREC July 4th Oration, framed by Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, from 11am-1pm on Saturday, July…

06/04/2026

Stop by the Underground Railroad Education Center and see the beautiful statue of Harriet Tubman leading a young man on a journey for freedom Alice Moore Black Arts and Cultural Center WMHT Public Media .high.school

06/03/2026

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Today in Underground Railroad History…
On this day in 1844, John W. Jones and four other enslaved men escape from their Virginia plantation, successfully fighting off slave catchers in Maryland along the way. Jones will settle in Elmira, New York, where he operates a key Underground Railroad station between Philadelphia and St. Catharines in Ontario. In 1854, he forges an agreement with Northern Central Railway workers to hide freedom seekers in baggage cars that take them directly to Niagara Falls.
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