A collaboration between history, art and a local quilting shop recently provided Prairie Grove Junior High students hands-on ...

In 1999, a book came out titled "Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad," written by Jaqueline Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard. The authors claimed their work offered ...

In American folklore, there's a legend that when enslaved peoples escaped their shackles and took to the Underground Railroad in search of freedom, they relied on quilts to guide the way. Innocuous to ...

RACINE -- The Racine Heritage Museum, 701 Main St., announces the opening of "Ozella's Quilt Code: A Piece of the Underground Railroad," an exhibit explaining the underground railroad's utilization of ...

As a hobby, quilting is often about remembering loved ones. Today almost a million Americans make some kind of quilt, including replica Revolutionary War quilts, and, increasingly Underground Railroad ...

The design for a new Frederick Douglass memorial in New York has sparked a controversy that pits artistic truth and oral traditions against documented historical fact. The memorial incorporates quilt ...

BLOOMINGTON — On their surface, quilts made in the early 19th century may seem like a series of simple patterns stitched across bright backgrounds. But for pre-Civil War slaves trekking hundreds of ...

Ten of these special quilt code patterns are in progress now for the re-enactment. Friend, Vivian Myers, Sharon Bauer, Nancy Troyer, Barbara Hunt and Walters are putting together quilt samplers about ...