Fort Barrancas area recognized as Underground Railroad Site
Special to the Press Gazette/USA TODAY NETWORK
GULF BREEZE Fort Barrancas Area was accepted into the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom on April 23.
Located on Naval Air Station Pensacola, the 64.06-acre Fort Barrancas Area is managed by Gulf Islands National Seashore.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom is a federal program that commemorates the stories of the men and women who risked everything for freedom and those who helped them. It honors, preserves, and promotes the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight worldwide.