WIN: Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site Receives Recognition with Illinois Historical Marker

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Dedication of the Illinois Historical Marker at the Jan and Aagje Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site, September 24, 2022. From left to right, Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago; Cheryl Johnson, People for Community Recovery-PCR; Lt. Governor Julia Stratton, State of Illinois; Tom Shephard, Southeast Chicago Historical Society. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago

Underground Railroad Site In Chicago Will Be Honored At Historic Dedication Ceremony Saturday; Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the Southeast Side once provided a safe harbor to people who had been enslaved but escaped to freedom, Maia McDonald, Block Club Chicago, 9/21/22

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