Run, Essie, Run!
Havre de Grace, Maryland

August 5 (Wed.) 3:30 p.m.
Essie Garrett arrives in Havre de Grace.

7:00 p.m.
Essie speaks with families at the Havre de Grace branch of the Harford Co. Public Library. The evening will be low-key allowing time for Essie to relax and rest. Arrangements are being made for her to camp at the Susquehanna Lockhouse in Havre de Grace accomodating her desire to rest in safe houses and other locations used by slaves and indentures searching for freedom.

August 6 (Thurs.) 8:00 a.m.
Bus trip to Christiana, PA for dignitaries, museum volunteers, children and others to visit various sites in our area related to the Underground Railroad.

10:45 a.m.
Live Remote Broadcast from Christiana, PA on WBGR -AM - 860 on the dial. Returning to Havre de Grace approximately 2 p.m.

3:00 p.m. FREEDOM LANE RUN/WALK
beginning at Hutchins Park, symbolizing Harriet Tubman running from a riverboat (represented by the Lantern Queen), up Congress Ave. to Freedom Lane to the Susquehanna Lockhouse - approximately one mile.

4:00 p.m. WELCOME CEREMONY and ribbon-cutting for A-Tours, Inc. followed by festivities in the park and time to meet Essie. Takes place at the Lockhouse - WAMD 97 AM radio will broadcast live.

6:30 p.m. Ms. Garrett will return to her scheduled tour heading for PA.

Christiana, PA - where the 'riot of 1851' took place, which led to the Dred Scott decision handed down by the Supreme Court. The decision was that no matter where a slave went in the U.S., he was not free. Matthew Johnson has manumission papers for his great, great uncle, Benjamin Johnson, who participated in the riot and was tried for treason and sent back to Maryland.

Greenspring Cemetery - located in Level, MD where Jarrett Morgan, a decorated black Civil War soldier, is buried. We will visit his house and the cheese factory that he operated following the Civil War.

Garrett Island - located in the middle of the Susquehanna River at the north end of the Chesapeake Bay. This island was owned by Thomas Garrett and we know he was an abolitionist.

Hosanna Schoolhouse - located in Berkley (Darlington, MD) which was a Freedman Bureau School

Deercreek Meeting House - a Darlington, MD Quaker place of worship where strategy was made to help free the slaves.

Essie and Ellie (a local resident of Havre de Grace) will camp overnight at the Susquehanna Museum at the Lockhouse as part of Essie's desire to sleep where slaves may have stayed during their search for freedom. The Lockhouse, completed in 1839, is the beginning of a 46 mile canal to move ships up and down stream to Wrightsville, PA.