The South Boston-Halifax County Museum will host its eighth annual Civil War and Military Collectors Show on Saturday, Feb.

Photographs make time travel possible. They often provide a blast from the past that gives us a sliver of an idea of how life ...

Copes Johnson’s connection to Tubman and her role in preserving the legacy of her ancestor was recognized publicly by the New York Senate. Pauline Copes Johnson, a documented descendant of ...

Pauline Copes Johnson, one of Harriet Tubman’s descendants and champions, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, NY, where Copes Johnson was an active member, announced ...

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Auburn, N.Y. — The great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman has died this week in Auburn, church officials said. Pauline Copes Johnson was 98 years old when she died, the Harriet Tubman Memorial ...

A portrait of Harriet Tubman (ca. 1820-1913). Tubman, herself an escaped slave, helped hundreds of slaves escape the South by means of the Underground Railroad. She nursed Union troops during the ...

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park is the “must go” trip to add to your travel agenda. The Tubman site originally opened in March 2017, in Church Creek, Md. through a ...

A new historical marker honoring Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Maryland on September 17, 2025. The updated sign corrects inaccuracies about Tubman's birthplace and the number of people she freed.

Stephen Towns, "Wade in the Water" (2020), natural and synthetic fabric, polyester and cotton thread, crystal glass beads (photo courtesy the Gibbes Museum of Art; all other photos Megan ...