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May Trip 2005

ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL MAY TRIP
A TRIP INTO THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
The Center for Multicultural Education's Annual Multicultural May Weekend Trip will Tour Historical Locations of the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Kentucky Thursday, May 12--Sunday, May 15, 2005.
The trip will include visits such as: former slave jail, museums, homes used to hide slaves, and cemeteries among others. These locations are famous for their involvement during the fleeing of slaves in the United States.
Fee includes: Two nights hotel at the Millennium Hotel in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio; travel via coach bus from Cedar Falls, IA to Ohio and Kentucky and back to Cedar Falls, IA; refreshments and videos during travel; a professional Step-On tour guide for one full day; and all entrance fees for museums and historic locations. For more details a tentative itinerary is listed below and a description of the Underground Railroad is below. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
More information on the Underground Railroad can also be found on the
following web links:
www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground
education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC
According to the Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary website, the "Underground Railroad refers to the effort--sometimes spontaneous, sometimes highly organized--to assist persons held in bondage in North America to escape from slavery. Historic places along the Underground Railroad are testament of African American capabilities. The network provided an opportunity for sympathetic white Americans to play a role in resisting slavery, and brought together, however uneasily at times, men and women of both races to begin to set aside assumptions about the other race and to work together on issues of mutual concern. At the most dramatic level, the Underground Railroad provided stories of guided escapes from the South, rescues of arrested fugitives in the North, complex communication systems, and individual acts of bravery and suffering in the quest for freedom for all.

Multicultural May Weekend Trip Tentative Itinerary:

Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:00pm Depart Cedar Falls, IA
Friday, May 13, 2005 8:00am Arrive Cincinnati, OH
HOTEL CHECK IN/BREAKFAST ON OWN
9:45am Depart Hotel
10:00am Harriet Beecher Stowe House
11:00am Spring Grove Cemetery
12:00pm LUNCH BREAK ON OWN
1:15pm Depart for Freedom Center
1:30pm National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
4:00pm Return to Hotel
DINNER ON OWN
Evening Entertainment on own
Saturday, May 14, 2005 BREAKFAST ON OWN
8:00am Depart Hotel - Drive through Covington, KY
8:30am Depart for Washington, KY
(Professional Tour Guide to Travel with Group Entire Day)
10:00am Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum and Washington
Courthouse Lawn
10:45am Depart for Maysville, KY
11:00am The National Underground Railroad Museum
12:00pm LUNCH BREAK ON OWN
1:15pm Depart for Ripley, OH
1:30pm Rankin House
2:30pm John P. Parker House
3:30pm Return to Maysville, KY
3:45pm Museum Center
4:45pm END DAY TOUR, Depart for Cincinnati, OH
6:15pm Return to Hotel
DINNER ON OWN
Evening Entertainment on own
Sunday, May 15, 2005 BREAKFAST ON OWN
8:00am Depart hotel, Depart Cincinnati, OH for Cedar Falls, IA
12:00pm LUNCH BREAK ON OWN - stop in Champaign, IL
Rest stops along the way...
6:30pm Arrive Cedar Falls, IA