'Meeting' Ms. Tubman!

Her name deserves to be handed down to posterity, side by side with the names of Jeanne D'Arc, Grace Darling, and Florence Nightingale, for not one of these women, noble and brave as they were, has shown more courage, and power of endurance, in facing danger and death to relieve human suffering, than this poor black woman, whose story I am endeavoring in a most imperfect way to give you.
~ from the Preface of "HARRIET, THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE" by SARAH H. BRADFORD

Harriet Tubman's Home in Auburn, NY

Finding Her Resting Place: Ms Tubman's Grave is
Under the Tallest Fir Tree in the Vast Cemetery

One Side of Her Marker

The Other Side of Her Marker

To This Day Her Grave is Attended to With
Flowers and Recognition of Her War Efforts

Cleaning Up the Dandelions

On our return trip from Cape Cod we took a slight detour for a pilgrimage to see Harriet Tubman's home and gravesite.
When writing Beautiful Niagara, Mar and I had met the wonderful people at her St. Catharines, Ontario church: who maintain the memories of her life-risking work to free so many slaves in captivity, prior to the Civil War.
Subsequent to the war, she relocated to Auburn, NY, purchased the home seen above and lived a long life.
After researching her life and documenting her incredible work, it was quite a moving experience to visit her final resting place.