THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF COVID-19. The Harriet Tubman Banquet celebrates the life of Harriet Tubman – a freedom fighter, scout, spy, nurse an abolitionist born here in Dorchester County. The banquet happens on Saturday, March 14, in Cambridge, Maryland.
This year’s theme is “Trials and Tribulations: Araminta ‘Minty’ Harriet Ross Tubman.”
The event runs from 2:45pm to 5:15pm at the Elks Lodge #223 at 618 Pine Street, Cambridge, MD 21613.
The event is sponsored by the Harriet Tubman Organization, Inc., which operates the volunteer-run Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center, the place that has been preserving and promoting Tubman’s legacy for more than 30 years. Stop #5 on the Harriet Tubman Byway, it is also home of the Harriet Tubman Mural that was completed in 2019.
Tickets cost $30 per person. To purchase tickets, call Bill Jarmon at 301-221-1732, or the Harriet Tubman Museum (during open hours only; Tuesday through Saturday, 12-3pm) at 410-228-0401.
Consider making it a Harriet Tubman weekend by exploring the Harriet Tubman Byway, a road trip that includes more than 30 sites related to Tubman and the Underground Railroad on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Delaware.