Carl
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
What an experience of the history of America. We were planning to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). However, since we want just a short weekend trip we decide to visit this museum just a hour and a half away. After spending some time trying to find parking, we finally found a vacant space on the street for $2.75 until 6:00 pm. In the museum information, it says there is a parking garage below the museum, accessible from Race Street. We rode through twice without seeing a garage entrance anywhere. Nevertheless, we spent about 3 hours in the museum with most of that time spent on the third and second floor respectively.
There was so much to take in about a time in history that American history books refused to record and still try to suppress today. This museum was impressive in that it covered people of every nation and ethnicity who have ever been enslaved, even those enslaved today, sadly.
This was the detailed history that America seemly forgot to included in the history books. And, yes, this does change the way you view those called great presidents and great leaders. It was empowering to know that many of my ancestors would rather to have died than to become a servant or a slave. Many of them were princes and princesses coming from families of great wealth in Africa who were sold as slave in America.
Since we had planned our Sunday visit, making lunch reservations, we could spend only hours here. Of course, we could not return on Monday because the museum is closed. But on our next visit, we will spend more time here because there is more to take in than you can absorb in 3 hours.
If you go, my only recommendation for visiting is that you pre-plan to park. I suspect those street parking spaces are most likely taken during the working week. My expectations for parking was flawed in that I expected clear direction to a public parking garages around the museum. After the fact, we found the parking garage recommended by the museum a block to the east on Race Street.
There was so much to take in about a time in history that American history books refused to record and still try to suppress today. This museum was impressive in that it covered people of every nation and ethnicity who have ever been enslaved, even those enslaved today, sadly.
This was the detailed history that America seemly forgot to included in the history books. And, yes, this does change the way you view those called great presidents and great leaders. It was empowering to know that many of my ancestors would rather to have died than to become a servant or a slave. Many of them were princes and princesses coming from families of great wealth in Africa who were sold as slave in America.
Since we had planned our Sunday visit, making lunch reservations, we could spend only hours here. Of course, we could not return on Monday because the museum is closed. But on our next visit, we will spend more time here because there is more to take in than you can absorb in 3 hours.
If you go, my only recommendation for visiting is that you pre-plan to park. I suspect those street parking spaces are most likely taken during the working week. My expectations for parking was flawed in that I expected clear direction to a public parking garages around the museum. After the fact, we found the parking garage recommended by the museum a block to the east on Race Street.