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Pekin High students publish digital ‘living museum’ documenting Underground Railroad in Tazewell County
Summary
Pekin High School students unveiled a digital project mapping Underground Railroad routes through Pekin and Tazewell County. Organizers said the site will be hosted on the school website and linked by the Tazewell County Genealogical Society as Illinois creates a Freedom Trails Commission.
At a press conference at Pekin High School, a presenter for the event said students there built a public, web-based “living museum” that documents local Underground Railroad routes and the people who aided those seeking freedom. The presenter noted the project comes as the Illinois legislature has approved a measure creating an Illinois Freedom Trails Commission to promote Underground Railroad history statewide.
The Pekin High School teacher leading the class project described it as a multi-year, cross-curricular effort that combined research, historic maps, oral…
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