WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Park Service’s (NPS) National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program has accepted a listing for Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. Lake View Cemetery joins more than 650 sites, facilities, and programs in the National Underground Railroad Network.

“Lake View Cemetery is well-known as the resting place of notable Americans like President James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller, and Carl and Louis Stokes.” said Brown. “It’s important that we also recognize the great Ohioans interred there who fought for the freedom of their fellow Americans by operating the Underground Railroad. By recognizing their contributions, we can preserve the legacy and struggle of those who bravely risked their lives for freedom.”

Last year, after a visit to Union Baptist Cemetery, another Ohio site in the Network to Freedom, Brown introduced the African American Burial Grounds Network Act to create and maintain a voluntary data base of historic African American burial grounds around the country and provide federal resources for their preservation.

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program represents over 650 locations in 40 states across the country. The program reviews and accepts applicants twice a year from sites, facilities and programs with verified connections to Underground Railroad history.

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