(Note: This blog was reprinted with the permission of Abdul Akailmat, Ph.D)
Greetings - I don't ask for much, but this is an ask
We need you to sign a petition to have a US stamp issued on New Philadelphia and Frank and Lucy McWorter Also, spread the word we need a thousand to sign on -family, friends, colleagues and students Everybody is needed in these times if we are to defend ourselves
The petition link: https://chng.it/yCMKSnW4X4
New Philadelphia, Illinois 1. first town platted and registered by African Americans 2. freed 16 family members our of slavery 3. town recognized as a station on the underground railroad 4. became a national park in 2022
founded by my great great grandparents as my birth name is Gerald McWorter
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2tSqo_cETA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxyvx1_wsRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5PBRn4r5Ak
New Philadelphia Association http://newphiladelphiail.org/
United States National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/neph/index.htm
University of Illinois http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/np/
University of Maryland http://www.heritage.umd.edu/chrsweb/new%20philadelphia/newphiladelphia.htm
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