Monday, February 12, 2007

Tubman Home receives restoration grant

Source: EmpireStateNews.net Tubman Home receives restoration grant

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Lowe’s Friday announced that they are awarding a $100,000 grant to fund restoration of the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, NY...

In 1859, William Henry Seward, Abraham Lincoln's future Secretary of State, sold Tubman a home on the outskirts of Auburn, N.Y, where she eventually settled her aged parents and other family members..."

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