Editing Underground Railroad (section)

==National Underground Railroad Network==

[[File:Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NHP VC4.jpg|thumb|The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Dorchester County, Maryland]]

Following upon legislation passed in 1990 for the National Park Service to perform a special resource study of the Underground Railroad,<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 27, 2012|title=The Underground Railroad Leaves its Tracks in History|url=https://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2012/02/27/underground-railroad/|access-date=June 10, 2020|website=Government Book Talk|language=en|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515140944/https://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2012/02/27/underground-railroad/|url-status=live}}</ref> in 1997, the [[105th United States Congress|105th Congress]] introduced and subsequently passed H.R. 1635 – National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998, which President [[Bill Clinton]] signed into law that year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stokes|first=Louis|date=July 21, 1998|title=Actions – H.R.1635 – 105th Congress (1997–1998): National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1999|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1635/actions|access-date=June 10, 2020|website=www.congress.gov|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610152302/https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1635/actions|url-status=live}}</ref> This act authorized the [[United States National Park Service]] to establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program to identify associated sites, as well as preserve them and popularize the Underground Railroad and stories of people involved in it. The National Park Service has designated many sites within the network, posted stories about people and places, sponsors an essay contest, and holds a national conference about the Underground Railroad in May or June each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm|title=Network to Freedom Homepage|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=January 16, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203193655/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park]], which includes Underground Railroad routes in three counties of [[Eastern Shore of Maryland|Maryland's Eastern Shore]] and [[Harriet Tubman's birthplace]], was created by President [[Barack Obama]] under the [[Antiquities Act]] on March 25, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Management – Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/hatu/learn/management/index.htm|access-date=June 10, 2020|website=www.nps.gov|language=en|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610193537/https://www.nps.gov/hatu/learn/management/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Its sister park, the [[Harriet Tubman National Historical Park]] in [[Auburn, New York|Auburn]], New York, was established on January 10, 2017, and focuses on the later years of Tubman's life as well as her involvement with the Underground Railroad and the [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolition movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harriet Tubman National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/hart/index.htm|access-date=June 10, 2020|website=www.nps.gov|language=en|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610054259/https://www.nps.gov/hart/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>