Underground Railroad Freedom Network-New Bedford Whaling NHP - New Bedford, MA
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 38.134 W 070° 55.455
19T E 339728 N 4611103
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: WM124TC
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2020
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This NPS Passport Cancellation Stamp was obtained at the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park 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:
33 William Street
New Bedford, MA USA
02740
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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