Harriet Tubman earned a place in history after she escaped slavery and became an Underground Railroad conductor
A space at a Baltimore park that had long honored two Confederate generals has been rededicated to abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday at Wyman Park Dell near Johns Hopkins University for the ceremony, which took place just feet from the now-empty pedestal where a large statue of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson once stood.
The Confederate statue was removed overnight in August after a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, reignited the national debate over what to do with symbols of the Confederacy.
A monument honoring Confederate women and another of Supreme Court justice Roger B. Taney, were also taken down along with the statue.
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday at Wyman Park Dell in Baltimore for a ceremony to rededicate a former Confederate Site to Tubman
The ceremony took place just feet from the now-empty pedestal where a large statue of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson (pictured) once stood
Taney wrote the 1857 opinion on the Dred Scott v. Sandford, which dictated that a slave who had lived in a free state was not entitled to his freedom and that African Americans could never be citizens of the Unite States.
Last month the city approved the re-purposing of the space, which will now be known as the Harriet Tubman Grove.
On Saturday, the 105th anniversary of Tubman’s death, the space was renamed Harriet Tubman Grove.
Last month the city approved the re-purposing of the space, which will now be known as the Harriet Tubman Grove
The ceremony honoring Tubman took place on the 105th anniversary of her death
‘It helps bring the community values to important places and helps to weave together the community,’ Baltimore Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said, according to local outlet WJZ.
‘This place is really interesting. Since the statues were removed, it has become a gathering place.’
Tubman was born a slave on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and earned a place in history after she escaped and became an Underground Railroad conductor.
‘This place is really interesting. Since the statues were removed, it has become a gathering place,’ said Baltimore Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke. Pictured is Saturday’s ceremony
The Confederate statue was removed overnight in August after a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia