Harriet Tubman Park

This memorial park honoring abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman is a five-minute walk from my cousin R’s home in the South End neighborhood of Boston. It was one of my “most want to see” places in Boston.

The evocative, powerful sculpture is by Fern Cunningham. “The park’s brick paving is inlaid with decorative bronze pavers which depict aspects of the story of the Underground Railroad...a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.” (Wikipedia)

There is a plethora of interesting things to see in Boston! This memorial is one of many stops on the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, self-guided walking tours through a variety of neighborhoods, focused on sites important to Boston’s women’s history. I’d like to do all those walking tours sometime.

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