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You can’t move in this area without tripping over something historic. And yet—too often—our kids only get to see the history of the rich, the vaunted and the already-remembered. How can you show your family that historical sites aren’t always cordoned off with velvet ropes and accompanied by costume interpreters?

Taking a driving tour following portions of the Underground Railroad through the Eastern Shore of Maryland is a good way to experience history in a new way—and many sites relate to the most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. As part of its history, Maryland claims both a large section of the Underground Railroad and arguably its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. Maryland Byways lays out an Eastern Shore driving tour that takes you through landscapes that are nearly unchanged to a history that is on the edge of disappearing.

Start at the Visitors Center at Sailwinds Park, right off Rt. 50. Besides an impressive playground, stop to use the bathroom and get the “Finding a Way to Freedom” driving tour map, which serves as a good supplement to the book’s map, which is somewhat lacking in detail. In Cambridge, you can see the Dorchester County Courthouse that, in addition to being the site of slave auctions, was also where the trial of Samuel Green, who was sentenced to ten years in prison school

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