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The Johnson House Historic Site
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6306 GERMANTOWN AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19144, USA
Website: http://www.johnsonhouse.org
The Johnson House is the only documented, accessible and intact stop on the Underground Railroad open to the public, located in Philadelphia. Built in 1768, the Johnson House was home to generations of a Quaker family active in the abolitionist movement to end the enslavement of African Americans. The Johnsons transformed their home into a safe place for those escaping slavery. It became a stop where men, women and children could rest and be refreshed as they journeyed north to freedom. The house also stood during the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and received some damage as a result of it.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | This National Park preserves and protects the Gettysburg battlefield and the Soldiers' National Cemetery, site of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The museum contains an extensive collection of Civil War artifacts, battle relics, personal memorabilia, paintings, documents, and photographs that were initially assembled by the veterans who formed Post 2 of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The cemetery contains graves of many distinguished Civil War-era personalities, including Gen. George G. Meade.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | This was the historic site of Satterlee Hospital, which treated over 120,000 sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
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