Support grows for national parks named after Harriet Tubman

There is more support for two national parks for Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman.

Four senators from Maryland and New York have sponsored bills setting aside more than $18 million for national parks in Tubman’s birth state of Maryland and in Auburn, N.Y., where Tubman spent most of her life.

The Maryland tract would include a former Eastern Shore plantation where Tubman escaped slavery in 1849. In New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park would include Tubman’s home, church and grave.

Associated Press