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Oswego museum opens exhibit on Underground Railroad in Kendall County · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Museum opens exhibit on Underground Railroad in Kendall County.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Shaw Local News Network. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: Oswego's Little White School Museum has opened a seasonal exhibit,
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  Speaker 1: The Road to Freedom Through Kendall County, documenting how people
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  Speaker 1: who escaped enslavement in the pre-Civil War South were guided
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  Speaker 1: to freedom through Illinois via the Underground Railroad, the museum said.
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  Speaker 1: The exhibit was opened in commemoration of the 250th anniversary
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  Speaker 1: of the Declaration of Independence and highlights county residents who
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  Speaker 1: took part in the network, the museum said. A major
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  Speaker 1: branch of the Underground Railroad ran through Kendall County, with
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  Speaker 1: residents of virtually every community taking an active role. The
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  Speaker 1: exhibit was designed and mounted by museum intern Lucas Chase,
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  Speaker 1: a senior at Illinois State University from Oswego, majoring in
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  Speaker 1: history and anthropology. according to a news release from the museum.
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  Speaker 1: Chase previously interned at the McLean County Museum of History
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  Speaker 1: and will participate in a state-funded archaeological excavation in Iowa
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  Speaker 1: between academic terms this year, the museum said. The exhibit
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  Speaker 1: recounts the Underground Railroad's roots through Kendall County and some
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  Speaker 1: of its most active members, including Dr. Townsend Seeley, whose brother,
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  Speaker 1: John Seeley, lived in Oswego, according to the release. Chase
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  Speaker 1: also drew on the resources of Yorkville's Chapel on the Green,
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  Speaker 1: the former Yorkville Congregational Church, which was declared an underground
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  Speaker 1: railroad site last year by the Illinois State Historical Society.
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  Speaker 1: The museum is a joint partnership between the non-profit Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Land Heritage Association and the Oswego Land Park District. It
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  Speaker 1: is located at 72 Polk Street, two blocks east of
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  Speaker 1: Oswego's historic downtown business district. Admission is free. Regular museum
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  Speaker 1: hours are from 2 to 6.30 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: to 3 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
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  Speaker 1: and Sunday, and 4 to 9 p.m. Mondays. The museum
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  Speaker 1: is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. For more information, the museum
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  Speaker 1: can be reached at 630-554-2999 at www.littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org or by email
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  Speaker 1: at jnos at osweaglenpd.org. This article was reformatted from a
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  Speaker 1: news release using artificial intelligence. A Shaw local editor verified
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  Speaker 1: the information, edited the article, and approved it before publication.