Underground Railroad Freedom Network-Salem Maritime NHS - Salem, MA
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Don.Morfe
N 42° 31.260 W 070° 53.276
19T E 344925 N 4709351
National Park Service (NPS) involvement with the Underground Railroad began in response to Public Law 101-628, enacted in November 1990, which directed the agency to study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the Underground Railroad.
Waymark Code: WM124V5
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2020
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This NPS Passport Cancellation Stamp was obtained at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site Visitor Center.
Guided by an Advisory Committee[1] as specified in the legislation, the NPS completed a Special Resource Study in 1995. Several alternatives for commemorating the Underground Railroad were evaluated, including establishment of a commemorative and interpretive center, improvement and expansion of interpretive programs, visitor interaction with a concentration of Underground Railroad resources over a broad geographic area, development of a single commemorative monument, and establishment of a series of trails.The Advisory Committee recommended that "all the alternatives … be pursued with equal vigor and simultaneously as appropriate."[2]
Address:
160 Derby Street
Salem, MA USA
01970
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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