Underground Railroad for Kids

Twenty children and their parents enjoyed the "Underground Railroad for Kids" program on March 10, 2007. Other activities not shown in these pictures included learning about and tasting hoecakes, finding the Big Dipper (the "Drinking Gourd") and the North Star using a star machine, and group singing led by Beth Gray and Robb Hyde.

Making a head wrap

Right: Learning about the artifacts in the history case on the Underground Railroad from the Ohio Historical Society

Below: Making their own Underground Railroad lantern. These lanterns are good enough for Rev. Rankin's window in Ripley, OH.

Above: Learning how to make a Harriet Tubman style head wrap. Head wrapping was a popular event. Children also learned how to do an arm and leg wrap for injuries.

Left: A successful head wrap!

Lantern making Lantern making
 
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