Image from "Puck"The U.S. Senate has passed legislation to bring the nation one step closer to a Harriet Tubman national park. Now the bill is before the U.S. House of Representatives. Will the House pass the bill before the summer recess? Or is the bill doomed because of politics?

Treat yourself to a Video about the Harriet Tubman national park proposal. Tubman is best known for the Underground Railroad and antislavery work. She was also involved in the suffrage movement.

Link to action steps that you can take.

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Tell the U.S. Congress to Fund the Harriet Tubman National Park.

ACT NOW! The Tubman bill has 101 sponsors in the House; it passed the U.S. Senate in July 2014. Tubman national park legislation has been kicking around for ages, and commentators have been wondering if politics will stall action on this bipartisan bill before the Congressional summer recess that starts in August. See article in the Auburn, NY newspaper that poses the question. Background: Article about the Tubman bill passing the U.S. Senate in July. Article about Harriet Tubman descendant.

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