[ May 15, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. May 22, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. May 29, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 5, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 12, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 19, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 26, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 3, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 10, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 17, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 24, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 31, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 7, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 14, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 21, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 28, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. September 4, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. September 11, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. ] This guided walking tour is offered every Saturday, May 15th through September 11th at 11:00 am by the Oberlin Heritage Center. This tour showcases Oberlin’s important role in the history of abolition and the Underground Railroad. Tickets must be purchased through the website (www.oberlinheritage.org) or at the Monroe House of the Oberlin Heritage [...]

[ June 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010. ] In commemoration of the approaching 150th anniversary of the Civil War, James A. Garfield NHS will host this special traveling exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History showing various depictions of Abraham Lincoln from political cartoons of the day. WARNING: some of these cartoons use racial terms that some may find offensive. However, [...]

[ March 4, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Presentation, “Freedom’s Friends: Oberlin and the Underground Railroad”

Elizabeth Schultz, the Oberlin Heritage Center’s Museum Education and Tour Coordinator, showcases Oberlin’s important role in the history of abolition and the Underground Railroad in this illustrated presentation. This program is free and open to the public.

Location: Lorain County Metroparks’ Vermilion River Reservation, 51211 North Ridge Road, Vermilion, [...]

[ February 23, 2010; 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm. ] Presentation “Freedom’s Friends: Oberlin, the Underground Railroad, and the Martin Luther King Monument.”

Elizabeth Schultz, the Oberlin Heritage Center’s Museum Education and Tour Coordinator, showcases Oberlin’s important role in the history of abolition and the Underground Railroad in this illustrated presentation. Kendal resident Paul Arnold, an Oberlin Heritage Center Honorary Trustee, and Oberlin College Emeritus Professor [...]

The Compromise of 1850 was one of several attempts by both the North and the South to settle differences over slavery’s expansion.
As a result of the Mexican War, the United States acquired most of the present-day American Southwest. The acquisition of this land immediately increased tensions between the North and the South, as the two [...]