Monument to the Underground Railroad
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Step Five - Underground Railroad Monuments

There are at least two existing Underground Railroad monuments in the United States. Use these links to discover what they look like and why they were built. The two are very different. Add your observations of them to the organizer.

With the class, discuss the two monuments. Which do you prefer? Why?

Detroit Underground Railroad Monument
www.newdetroit.org/events/
detroit300/underground_railroad.asp
www.tellusnews.com/ahr/art/IUnder11.jpg

Battle Creek Underground Railroad Monument
www.wkkf.org/Knowledgebase/ Pubs/RenderRes.aspx?CID=0&ID=3704
www.battlecreek.org/tour/ htm/downtown/under_r_r.htm

Oberlin Underground Railroad Monument
www.sculpturecenter.org/
oosi/sculpture.asp?SID=44
www.lcvb.org/undergroundtour
www.cc.oberlin.edu/~EOG/OYTT/ch7.html (Scroll down to Remembering the Underground Railroad near the bottom of the page)
http://rims.k12.ca.us/ugr/
days_02/day4_02/images/6-rrtrax.jpg

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