Kirkwood Historical Society

The Kirkwood Historical Society seeks to discover, collect and preserve the history of Kirkwood.

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Friends’ Speaker Series: The Underground Railroad in Alton, Illinois (Zoom) 2/1/21 6:00 PM

A graduate of Howard University and of the University of Missouri-Columbia, J. Eric Robinson is assistant professor of history at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (formerly St. Louis College of Pharmacy), where he has taught since 2007. Since 1995, his tours of the Underground Railroad in Alton, Illinois, has hosted guests from most states in the Union and from four continents, and has been featured by the New York Times and by BBC World Service, among other media. His book of creative nonfiction detailing a woman’s escape from slavery in Saint Louis to freedom in Canada in 1853, “GERTRUDE BARLABIE?” MY QUEST, is forthcoming.
 
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88068583875?pwd=dnlLQkhOV0kxcHFER080TkNiMHNrQT09
 
Meeting ID: 880 6858 3875
Passcode: 628111

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  1. Can I watch me. robinsons presentation on the underground railway since I missed the zoom meeting on 2/1?

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The Kirkwood Historical Society
at Mudd's Grove
302 West Argonne Drive
Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314) 965-5151

Open by reservation only.
Call 314-764-0809 to schedule.

Private tours are by reservation only.

Call 314-764-0809 for more information and to schedule.