George Peabody House Museum One of the city's hidden jewels

Poets, Shoemakers and Freedom Seekers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2006
Contact: Marieke Van Damme
Marieke.vandamme@verizon.net

Peabody, MA. The GEORGE PEABODY HOUSE MUSEUM will host a free lecture on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 6:30p.m.
"Poets, Shoemakers and Freedom Seekers-
The Underground Railroad in the Essex National Heritage Area."

The slide presentation by Tina Cross and Bruce Jones of Salem Maritime National Historic Site will highlight some of the local stops on the Underground Railroad including information on sites in present-day Peabody.

Admission to the museum is free and light refreshments will be served.


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