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Tales of Ohio’s Underground Railroad
2025-04-01 18:30:00 2025-04-01 19:30:00 America/New_York Tales of Ohio’s Underground Railroad Grandview Heights - Meeting Room

Tuesday, April 01
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-01 18:30:00 2025-04-01 19:30:00 America/New_York Tales of Ohio’s Underground Railroad Beacons and signals. Constructed tunnels. Secret rooms. Grandview Heights - Meeting Room

Grandview Heights

Meeting Room

Beacons and signals. Constructed tunnels. Secret rooms.

Learn how Ohioans risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives to help African American slaves find freedom through a secret network in pre-Civil War America with David Meyers, author of Tales of Ohio’s Underground Railroad.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Adult Event |

Grandview Heights
About the library

The Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) is an award-winning, independent suburban library system known for progressive leadership and friendly, personalized service.  

GHPL is a founding member (1988) and the Administering Library for the Central Library Consortium (CLC).

This cooperative among 18 Central Ohio library systems, in partnership with statewide network OhioLINK, offers 67 million items to cardholders. 

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