February Speaker Series

Topic: The Underground Railroad

Our Speaker Series continues on February 19th. In honor of Black History Month, Mr. Randolph Harris will speak on the Underground Railroad in York and Lancaster counties. He will focus on Route 15, as it was a main thoroughfare for those trying to get north. His presentation will include slides and will last 1.5 hours.

Mr Harris is the co-author of The Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, a teacher’s study guide. In 2016, he founded a company, Origins of the Underground Railroad, conducting walking tours and step-on guide services. He continues to conduct these tours with LancasterHistory. In 2010, Harris worked with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Office of Cultural and Heritage Tourism and Amtrak – the National Railroad Passenger Corporation -- to secure Underground Railroad Network to Freedom designation for the portion of the Amtrak railroad corridor between Lancaster and Philadelphia, PA. This 70-mile corridor was used by the late 1830s to secretly transport enslaved Africans, formerly in lumber carrying freight cars fitted with hidden compartments from Columbia, Lancaster County, to Philadelphia.

Simply pay at the door when you arrive – free for members and students and $5 for non-member adults.

You may also like the following events from Dill's Tavern:

• Next month, 19th March, 06:30 pm, March Speaker Series in Dillsburg
• Next month, 25th March, 06:00 pm, Women & Whiskey at the Eichelberger Distillery in Dillsburg
• This April, 10th April, 07:00 pm, NYCHAPS April First Friday in Dillsburg

Also check out other Arts events in Dillsburg, Literary Art events in Dillsburg.