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Friday May 8, 2009 kicked off our Live & Learn Weekend series.  A reception was held at the historic downtown Carlisle Theatre.

Live & Learn Reception at the Carlisle Theatre
Friday May 8, 2009 kicked off our Live & Learn Weekend series.  A reception was held at the historic downtown Carlisle Theatre.

Live & Learn Reception at the Carlisle Theatre
Group gathers before the House Divided Project Virtual Underground Railroad presentation at Dickinson college.

Live & Learn at Stern Hall, Dickinson College
The PA Past Players portraying Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, abolitionist Sarah McKim and businessman William Goodridge speak to guests in front of Stern Hall at Dickinson College.

PA Past Players at Stern Hall, Dickinson College
The House Divided Project Director, Matthew Pinsker, takes guests on a virutal Underground Railroad field trip using Google Earth and Google Sketch Up. He recreated the journey of Henry “Box” Brown as he traveled in a wooden box from Richmond to Philadelphia.<br />

Matthew Pinsker the House Divided Project
<p>Guests had the opportunity to experience the cramped, confined space that Henry “Box” Brown would have endured during his twenty four hour journey from Richmond to Philadelphia in a wooden box.</p>

Henry ”Box” Brown’s Wooden Box Replica
PA Past Players portraying businessman William Goodridge and Lemington Center for the Elderly founder Mary Peck Bond, arrive at the Cumberland County Historical Society.

Mr. William Goodridge & Mrs. Mary Peck Bond
<p>Guests learn some Cumberland Valley history from a timeline stretched along a wall at the Cumberland County Historical Society.</p>

Cumberland County Historical Society
PA Past Players portraying Lemington Center for the Elderly founder Mary Peck Bond and abolitionist Sarah McKim, sit in front of a photograph of children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Exhibit
The Slavery and Underground Railroad exhibit display articles and photographs of local people and events that took place during this era in Cumberland Valley.

Slavery and the Underground Railroad Display
PA Past Player portraying businessman William Goodridge points to a photograph in the Photography exhibit at the Cumberland County Historical Society.

William Goodridge Admires a Photograph
Rev. Troy L. Carr of Bethel AME Church in Carlisle, PA speaks during the church's historical marker dedication.

Bethel AME Church Marker Dedication

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