SUNY Plattsburgh honored Jacqueline Madison, president of the North Country Underground Railroad Association, and Keith Tyo, retired SUNY Plattsburgh chief of staff, with the Distinguished Service Award.

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Dr. Dexter L. Criss was the inaugural recipient of the Colors of Freedom in the North Country Award from the North Star Underground Railroad. He was nominated by Aisha Stanyon. The award was presented after the gospel choir sang at SUNY Plattsburgh Community Night, September 22, 2023.

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The unveiling of a marker at John Thomas Brook (formerly called Negro Brook). John Thomas escaped from slavery in Maryland c. 1840 and lived near this brook in Vermontville as a prosperous farmed and respected citizen.

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Solomon Northup Day virtual celebration at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum. Video available on YouTube.

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A ceremony recognizing Don and Vivian Papson, founders of the North Star Underground Railroad Museum

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Photos from the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of The North Star Underground Railroad Museum.

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Photos from the Champlain Valley Women's Suffrage Centennial Auto Tour. Visit
Champlain Valley Women for more information.

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Photos related to the North Star Underground Railroad Museum Juneteenth celebration

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Herbert Estes was the superintendent of the Ausable Chasm Horse Nail Works Company. He also served in the Civil War and was captured in Salisbury, North Carolina. This was a Confederate prison that housed over 6,000 men. Conditions were horrible. Herbert Estes kept a diary while he was in the prison. Later, after his release, he read his entire diary in Congress.
Herbert's wife was Harriet. When the Ausable Chasm Horse Nail Works Company was operating, most of the employees were women. At one time, there were three buildings near the present house. These buildings were used to house employees. Herbert grew up as a Quaker and, according to his grandson, was an abolitionist. He was a member of the Baptist Church when he lived in the Keeseville area.

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President Jackie Madison signed the deed to make the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association the sole owner of the Estes House. Founders, Don and Vivian Papson were present for the momentous occasion.

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Three computer games invented by Keeseville Elementary School's enrichment program students for our Children's Table were unveiled on May 21, 2019.
See Press Release.

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Blues singer Kevin Burt and his wife visit the North Star Underground Railroad Museum

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A visit from SUNY Plattsburgh students and staff members

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A visit from SUNY Potsdam students and the Interim DEI Director

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A visit from West Point cadets and faculty members and presentation of a certificate from the Department of History at West Point: "Wisdom Through History."

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Volunteers clean up the museum grounds

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A visit from West Point cadets and faculty members.

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Notable visitors to the North Star Underground Railroad Museum during the 2022 season.

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A visit from SUNY Potsdam students and Clifton H. Harcum, Director of the SUNY Potsdam Center of Diversity

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A visit from staff members and interns of The Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake

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Members of a Brooklyn bus tour visit the North Star Underground Railroad Museum

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Congressman Bill Owens visits the North Star Underground Railroad Museum

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Martha Swan and the Board from John Brown Lives! suggested that Dick Gregory visit our museum while in the North Country for John Brown Day 2013 to get a sense of the work that NCUGRHA and others have done to uplift the freedom history of the region.
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Photos taken by John Ryan, Editor of the Peru Gazette, during one of the Museum's summer bus tours of Underground Railroad sites in the Peru/Keeseville area. The tour was led by Peter Slocum, NCUGRHA Board Member and 2nd Vice President.

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2012 opening weekend with lecture "Who’s Under that Load of Hay?" given by Bryan Thompson, De Kalb town historian.

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Dr. Margaret Washington, professor of History and American Studies at Cornell University, unveiled the stories of four unsung women activists during a Juneteenth Celebrations at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum on Sunday, June 17.
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Visitors at John Brown Lives! where the Harriet Tubman "Beacon of Hope" statue is on display through September 30, 2024.

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A tour of Riverside Cemetery on Steltzer Road, Plattsburgh, New York. Sponsored by the Clinton County Historical Association. Jackie Madison, Helen Nerska, Kit Booth, and Anne Bailey served as tour guides.

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Members of the North Country Teacher Resource Center tour the Stephen Keese Smith Barn

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An Institute on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (THRT) Campus Center was held at SUNY Plattsburgh from June 25 to 28, 2024.

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An Appreciation Tea celebrating 20 years of the Underground Railroad Education Center, which is located in the former home of Stephen and Harriet Myers, abolitionists.

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Photos related to Black History Month

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Jackie Madison and LeGita M. Scott-Williams receive certificates of appreciation for serving as panelists in 2021/2022 culture talks sponsored by UVM Health Network/CVPH.

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Students of Class 4A Flint Hill School create the book "Amazing Abolitionists."

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Work on the barn at the Stephen Keese Smith farm (Peru, NY), which is now owned by Frank Perusse.

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Jacqueline Madison visited the (Africville
Museum) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2018.

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