Master Gardeners refresh memorial site along Underground Railroad in South Holland
A group of Master Gardeners helps refresh Ton Memorial Garden in South Holland along the path of the Underground Railroad.
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A group of Master Gardeners helps refresh Ton Memorial Garden in South Holland along the path of the Underground Railroad.
The memorial is dedicated to Jon and Aagje Ton, who helped freedom seekers navigate through South Holland as part of the Underground Railroad.
The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th century.
The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th century.
In the mid-1800s, the church became a station in the Underground Railroad, a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states.
CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports a Chicago historian shares an important Juneteenth lesson that took place in Chicago as a stop for the Underground Railroad.