{"id":2894,"date":"2022-04-20T02:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T02:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/limahistorical.org\/wp\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2022-04-23T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:15:39","slug":"zoom-lhs-annual-meeting-and-program-sunday-may-16th-at-2-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/limahistorical.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/20\/zoom-lhs-annual-meeting-and-program-sunday-may-16th-at-2-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom LHS Annual Meeting and Program &#8211; Sunday, May 16th at 2 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Real Underground Railroad<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Tim McDonnell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers\u2019 Bureau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RI<\/strong><strong>T<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have an exciting, illustrated program on a topic that we in Lima have often mused about&#8212; possible involvement of 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Lima residents in the Underground Railroad.\u00a0 On May 16<sup>th<\/sup>, Tim McDonnell, a very popular speaker on the RIT Osher Speakers\u2019 Bureau, and an adjunct associate professor at Monroe Community College, will be speaking about the<em>\u00a0Real\u00a0<\/em><em>Underground Railroad<\/em> in our region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/limahistorical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lewiston_freedom.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2895\" src=\"https:\/\/limahistorical.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lewiston_freedom.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He will talk about how this loosely-organized \u201cconspiracy\u201d against slavery operated before the Civil War. Since New York has a long border with Canada, our state was the important last \u201cstation\u201d on the way to freedom. Tim will discuss the routes used by the \u201cconductors,\u201d including routes that led through Livingston County. He will talk about the men and women of the Underground Railroad (UGRR), some famous and most not. Since they were breaking federal laws, this was not an enterprise without danger, both to the runaways (or \u201cFreedom Seekers\u201d) and to the people who assisted them. Tim will conclude his talk with a discussion of why the Underground Railroad is important in the 21st century. The illustration above shows the Freedom Statue in Lewiston, NY on the Niagara River, with Canada in the background. This was the last stop on the UGRR for many formerly-enslaved people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>VIEW A RECORDING OF THE PRESENTATION BELOW<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ShcBNF6edY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3ShcBNF6edY\">YouTube Link to Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real Underground Railroad &nbsp; By Tim McDonnell Speakers\u2019 Bureau Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT &nbsp; We have an exciting, illustrated program on a topic that we in Lima have often mused about&#8212; possible involvement of 19th century Lima residents in the Underground Railroad.\u00a0 On May 16th, Tim McDonnell, a very popular speaker on the RIT Osher Speakers\u2019 Bureau, and an adjunct associate professor at Monroe Community College, will be speaking about the\u00a0Real\u00a0Underground Railroad in our region. He will talk about how this loosely-organized \u201cconspiracy\u201d against slavery operated before the Civil War. 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