The U.S. National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program will recognize the Mitchelville Preservation Project, Hilton Head Land Trust’s Fort Howell, and the Heritage Library for their efforts in preservation and education at the National Underground Railroad Conference June 13-16, which is being held on Hilton Head Island.
The Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program aims to unite individual historic sites, museums and organizations into a larger network that helps tell the whole story of the Underground Railroad.