| Special Offers for Conference Participants
AKWAABA Underground Railroad RiverwalkTour
Free to registered Conference Attendees
September 28, 2007
9:00-10:30 a.m.
 The tour guide will meet the conference attendees who sign up for the tour in front of the Clarion Hotel, 120 Main St. East. The group will then stop on the Main Street Bridge for narration concerning Rochesterville.
The next stop will be the Reynolds Arcade, the site where a crucial telegraph affecting Frederick Douglass arrived.
Then the group will walk to the Talman Block of Buildings where Frederick Douglass printed his newspaper and where the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society met.
 The next stop will be on the bridge over the Genesee River with discussion of the water route which some “freedom seekers” used to reach Rochester.
The tour will continue to the Skyway and then to the Austin Steward Memorial located in the Clarion Hotel for an historical presentation.
Narration during the tour will include information on Underground Railroad activities, sites and personalities in the Rochester area. There will be time for questions during the tour.
Requirements: Maximum group size – Sixty
Tour attendees must register for the tour through the Web site conference registration.
akwaaba: The Heritage Associates, Inc.
181 Royleston Road, Rochester, New York 14609
(585) 482-5192, (585) 288-3681 (fax)
info@akwaabatours.org
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The Susan B Anthony House
17 Madison Street
Rochester, New York 14608
Show conference badge for free admission (save $6 per person)
Open Tuesdays-Sundays 11:00am - 5:00pm.
The Susan B. Anthony House shares the story of Susan B. Anthony's lifelong struggle to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all. We keep her vision and struggle alive by owning and protecting Anthony's National Historic Landmark home; collecting artifacts and research materials directly related to her life and work; and making these resources available to the public through tours, publications, the Internet and interpretive programs.
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First 100 registrants will receive free copy of book
Where They fell: Stories of Rochester Area Soldiers in the Civil War
by Robert Marcotte
This book brings the Civil War alive with personal stories of everyday
people who served in every major battle in the Civil War. No matter where
you live, there are stories in this book that bring the war and the
struggles of the soldiers and their families on the battlefield and at home.
Photographs and maps make the battles understandable and the people real.
This book is available from Corn Hill Navigation, a not for profit
foundation operating a 19th century replica canal boat for tourism and
education."
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Walking Tour Highlighting Local Connections to the Underground Railroad
Sunday September 30, 2007
No charge for registrants of the Conference and FOMH members. $4 to all others.
The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery will offer a special walking tour highlighting local connections to the Underground Railroad. Sites include the graves of Frederick Douglass, Lester and Sarah Dolley, Isaac and Amy Post, and others.
The tour begins at 1 p.m. at the cemetery's south entrance, 1133 Mt. Hope Ave.
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