Columbia, Lancaster County, played a vital role in the underground railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses that enslaved African Americans used to escape to free states. In this episode, we learn about the secrets of the underground railroad and talk to a group trying to preserve its
September 12 event scheduled for Lancaster Marriott (Lancaster, PA — June 19, 2026) Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and political commentator Eugene Robinson will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, September 12, at The Underground Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s “Quest for Freedom” fundraising gala. The longtime Washington Post columnist authored his fourth
10,000 SF Museum Slated to Open in Historic Susquehanna River Town in 2028 (September 12, 2025 — Columbia, PA) The Underground Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has completed a purchase agreement for 345 Locust Street in Columbia. The property, the longtime home of the borough’s Wells Fargo Bank branch, is
