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Category: Christmas Eve

Letter from A Friend of the Cause

December 1, 2025 Ken Johnston

After reading a letter from a friend of the cause, register here for a Christmas Eve Walk with Harriet

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Freedom, Friends, Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad

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

Synchronicity

December 27, 2023 Ken Johnston

Yesterday’s walk in Preston, Maryland commemorating the 169th anniversary of Harriet Tubman’s Christmas Rescue of her brothers was magical. While…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Underground Railroad, Walking

Walking to put the Movement back in the civil rights movement

December 24, 2023 Ken Johnston

As I prepare to embark on my journey tomorrow to the Eastern Shore to commemorate the 169th anniversary of Harriet…

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Posted in: Caroline County, Christmas Eve, Commemoration, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Interview, Media Interview, Underground Railroad, Walking

Christmas Eve Escape News Story

January 3, 2022 Ken Johnston

Here’s a recent news story about the Christmas Eve Escape from Poplar Neck, Maryland that I co-led with Linda Harris,…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Underground Railroad, Walking

Second Annual Christmas Eve Escape

December 23, 2021 Ken Johnston

This Christmas Eve I will be returning to the Cambridge, Maryland area to co-lead a 3-mile remembrance walk honoring Harriet…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, Walking
Poplar Neck

Return to Poplar Neck

Ken Johnston

I was back out on the banks of the Choptank River Tuesday afternoon preparing for the Second Annual Harriet Tubman…

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Posted in: Christmas Eve, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Underground Railroad, Walking

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