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The
Friends of Freedom Society Ohio Underground Railroad Association
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About Us
The Friends of Freedom SocietyThe Friends of Freedom Society, Inc. is a grassroots, all volunteer non-profit organization, whose sole purpose is to research, identify, document and preserve Underground Railroad sites throughout Ohio.
Ohio Underground Railroad AssociationThe Ohio Underground Railroad Association is the "research arm" of the Friends of Freedom Society. Volunteers from throughout the state uncover and document important information about our history. The Ohio Underground Railroad Association is the heart and soul of the grassroots movement to preserve our Ohio Underground Railroad history. Cathy Nelson serves as the State Coordinator. Click here for the list of Regions and Regional Coordinators. Click here for our color brochure in PDF format. AwardsProud Winner
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The Friends of Freedom Society is proud to have been named as a winner of the National Underground Railroad Millennium Trail. Millennium Trails is a national initiative of the White House Millennium Council in partnership with the Department of Transportation and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Millennium Trails will recognize, promote and stimulate the creation of trails to "honor the past and imagine the future" as part of America's legacy for the year 2000. Click here for more details including information about the 2000 Lights of Freedom kick-off event held in September 2000. |
The Friends of Freedom Society has been awarded the Chief's Volunteers Program Award from the USDA - Forest Service. This award honors the contributions that the Friends of Freedom Society have made towards the development of the Wayne National Forest's Underground Railroad Preservation Initiative.
This award was presented to the Friends of Freedom Society at the 7th Annual Ohio Underground Railroad Summit's dinner and awards banquet.
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This website (www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org) received the MyReportLinks.com Books Seal of Approval. This Seal is awarded to sites that are especially valuable to students who are doing research for school reports. |
The Friends of Freedom Society and Ohio Underground Railroad Association are possible only through the hard work of many volunteers. We truly are a grass roots organization and feel a strong kinship to the grass roots movement of the Underground Railroad.
Special thanks are due to our exceptional founder and president for many years, Cathy Nelson, whose vision and inspiration have sustained us.
Special thanks are also due to the Regional Coordinators who spearhead the research work of the Ohio Underground Railroad Association. Many volunteers throughout Ohio have offered unstintingly of their time and talents to research and preserve our precious history. Homeowners have been gracious and supportive of our efforts.
The officers of the Friends of Freedom Society provide important leadership as well as running the organization - all without any compensation. Thanks to our current officers as well as our past officers.
We are pleased to acknowledge the many contributions of Bennie J. McRae, Jr. (southwind@woh.rr.com) and his wonderful Lest We Forget web site. Bennie has created, hosted and maintained information on the web for the Friends of Freedom Society for many years.
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