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Iowa’s Underground Railroad Connections with Barry Jurgensen

April 11 | 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Hitchcock Nature Center

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Join us at Hitchcock Nature Center, Saturday, April 11th, as Barry Jurgensen explores Iowa’s Underground Railroad connections—highlighting conductors, safe houses, and powerful stories of freedom.

About speaker  Barry Jurgensen

Barry Jurgensen is the Midwest Regional Manager and Historian for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, a program of the National Park Service that honors, preserves, and promotes the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight. From the regional office in Omaha, Barry coordinates with local, state, and federal agencies to identify and preserve sites associated with the Underground Railroad across the Midwest.

Contact: Seth Brooks
Phone: (712) 482-3029
Email: [email protected]

Category: Educational

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