{"id":16357,"date":"2025-08-20T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=16357"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:16:23","slug":"journey-to-freedom-illinois-underground-railroad-6","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/16357-journey-to-freedom-illinois-underground-railroad-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to Freedom:\u00a0 Illinois\u2019 Underground Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>A new exhibit highlighting the courageous stories of freedom seekers and the multi-racial conductors who assisted them on the Underground Railroad in Illinois are featured in a new exhibit <strong>Journey to Freedom:\u00a0 Illinois\u2019 Underground Railroad<\/strong>.\u00a0 This will be on display in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site&#8217;s Visitor Center &#8211; Sargent Gallery<\/span>, now through December 31.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibit tells selected stories of freedom seekers, conductors and communities in Illinois that were part of the journey to freedom on the Illinois Underground Railroad.\u00a0 Using photos, videos, maps, personal stories, and illustrations created specifically for the exhibit, visitors will learn the about the people and communities who took part in this hidden history.\u00a0 Highlighted stories include freedom seekers John and Eliza Little, who traveled barefoot through Illinois to Canada to gain their freedom, or conductors like Henry who worked for Abraham Lincoln, and Mary Ann King Brown who helped the enslaved to freedom in the Springfield, Quincy and Galena areas.\u00a0 Many of the known communities are included, from Cairo through Springfield to Quincy and Chicago.\u00a0 Other featured areas are Brooklyn\/Freedom Village, Miller Grove, Rocky Fork, Galesburg, Mount Hope, Jacksonville, and New Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Journey to Freedom:\u00a0 Illinois\u2019 Underground Railroad<\/strong> is proudly presented by <em>The Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area<\/em>, also known as <em>Looking for Lincoln<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site<\/span> is located at 402 South Lincoln Highway Road, Lerna, IL\u00a0 62440.\u00a0 For more information call 217-345-1845, or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lincolnlogcabin.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lincolnlogcabin.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new exhibit highlighting the courageous stories of freedom seekers and the multi-racial conductors who assisted them on the Underground Railroad in Illinois are featured in a new exhibit Journey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-16357","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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