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Author: Ken Johnston

Hike to the top of Bob’s Hill, Maryland Iron Festival

May 10, 2024 Ken Johnston

Philadelphia-based walking artist Ken Johnston will lead a hike from Catoctin Furnace to the top of Bob’s Hill named for…

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Posted in: Catoctin Furnace, Iron, Maryland

Fundraiser: Juneteenth Walk to Freedom Galveston to Houston

Ken Johnston

Dear Friends, Some of the parallels or lessons I’ve learned from tracing the footsteps of Harriet Tubman over four years…

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Posted in: Emancipation National Historic Trail, Galveston, Houston

Remembering Juneteenth – A New Walk

April 7, 2024 Ken Johnston

Remembering Juneteeth – A New Walk This Juneteenth Walk to Freedom will travel to Galveston Island, along the upper Caribbean…

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Posted in: Galveston, Houston, Juneteenth, Middle Passage, Texas, Transatlantic Slave Trade

Germantown Black History Walking Tour

February 18, 2024 Ken Johnston

Register on Eventbright for the upcoming Germantown Black History Walking Tour on Saturday February 24, 9 a.m., Fair Hill Burial…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

Looking Back: Walking the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail

January 13, 2024 Ken Johnston

Here’s a short video of pictures from my walk across the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in February 2018.…

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Posted in: MLK50th, Selma to Memphis

First Day

January 1, 2024 Ken Johnston

Started out the first day of the year with neighbors in Cobbs Creek Park. Girl Trek, We Walk PHL, Walk…

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Posted in: Freedom, Girl Trek, People, Walk Around Philadelphia, Walking, We Walk PHL

Samuel Hubbard & Family

December 28, 2023 Ken Johnston

This is Mr. Samuel Hubbard. We met on Christmas Eve afternoon for the first time at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery…

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Posted in: Call of Ancestors, Caroline County, Cemetery, Christmas Eve, Descendant, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Underground Railroad, Walking

Christmas Rescue Journey to Philadelphia

Ken Johnston

Harriet Tubman looked at her nails with a slight displeasure as she rubbed her hands together near the fireplace. She…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Chronicling Resistance, Foot Care, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Philadelphia

Crossing Delaware December 27, 1854

Ken Johnston

On this day in 1854, while crossing Delaware, Harriet Tubman (also known as “Minty”) quietly took a breath after a…

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Posted in: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Kent County, Delaware, Prayer, Underground Railroad

The Witness Tree – Poem

December 27, 2023 Ken Johnston

The Witness Tree by Joy Wertz Houp. The Witness Tree is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland near where…

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Posted in: Trees, Walking

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