# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pre-Civil War Quilts
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad

Quilt Whisperer” Connie Martin, MA, provides an American historical information presentation from 
research on her family history to reveal secret codes in quilts as a 6th generation descendant of enslaved Africans in Kentucky.
Connie finds joy in sharing stories of her great grandmother Lizzie, as told to her from her enslaved mother who told stories of plantation escapes traveling through Kentucky, Missouri and into Illinois to freedom in Canada.
	Who began the Underground Railroad?
	Why was it the most successful national covert operation to exist in America?
Learn the untold history of secret safe routes, and codes used on the Underground Railroad, including special stitching in the quilts; used throughout our counties-including use of Illinois rivers and streams that freedom seekers used to follow using abolitionist guides who risked their lives assisting them north to Canada.

Hosted by Geneseo Historical Museum,  and Geneseo Public LIbrary
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/geneseo/pre-civil-war-quilts/200029713948350
- **Event Categories**: kentucky-derby
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Geneseo
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 805 N. Chicago St., Geneseo, IL, United States, Illinois 61254
- **lat**: 41.46353
- **long**: -90.14387
- **full address**: 805 N. Chicago St., Geneseo, IL, United States, Illinois 61254

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Geneseo Public Library District (https://allevents.in/org/geneseo-public-library-district/27500880)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 805 N. Chicago St., Geneseo, IL, United States, Illinois 61254
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Geneseo Public Library District
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** kentucky-derby
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Pre-Civil War Quilts ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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