{"id":20431,"date":"2018-03-08T06:42:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=20431"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:13:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:13:39","slug":"harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-state-park-celebrates-first-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/03\/08\/harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-state-park-celebrates-first-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Celebrates Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>New Library, Audio-Visual Exhibits and Programs Mark Occasion March 10 &#8211; 11<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4802\/25711319687_1609c8f581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4802\/25711319687_1609c8f581.jpg\" alt=\"Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Park Service<\/a>\u00a0is celebrating the first anniversary of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/eastern\/tubman.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park<\/a> and Visitor Center in Dorchester County March 10 and 11, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Special events are planned throughout the weekend, along with the debut of new audio-visual exhibit enhancements and a fully-stocked research library, dedicated to telling the story of the fabled American abolitionist and hero, born and raised in Maryland.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A complete\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Documents\/HTUGRR_Anniv.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schedule of special anniversary events and programs<\/a>\u00a0is posted online, along with an informative new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7SLtwzwUOAY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>\u00a0about this world-renowned facility.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7SLtwzwUOAY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/03\/10\/governor-larry-hogan-commemorates-grand-opening-of-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-visitor-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened March 10, 2017<\/a> &#8211; has hosted more than 100,000 visitors from 70 countries and territories and all 50 states. It is a state-of-the-art green facility managed in partnership with the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p>It houses an exhibit hall, immersive displays, a gift store and an information desk. Admission is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Library, Audio-Visual Exhibits and Programs Mark Occasion March 10 &#8211; 11 The Maryland Park Service\u00a0is celebrating the first anniversary of the\u00a0Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center in Dorchester County March 10 and 11, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.\u00a0 Special events are planned throughout the weekend, along with the debut of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/03\/08\/harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-state-park-celebrates-first-anniversary\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,12],"tags":[2922,4287,3013,3012,3014],"class_list":["post-20431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-parks","tag-dorchester-county","tag-harriet-tubman","tag-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-state-park","tag-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-visitor-center","tag-national-park-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20431"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20481,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431\/revisions\/20481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}