Tag: Abolitionists
A Closer Look: Pageant at Glendale, 150th anniversary of Wilbraham
by Mary Bell, Assistant Director Wilbraham Public Library This unassuming photograph of a couple in a horse-drawn carriage and two men standing outside is the best proof I have of Wilbraham’s involvement in the Underground Railroad. Handwriting on the photograph describes this scene as part of a pageant during Wilbraham’s 150th anniversary in 1913, and…