When:
January 28, 2017 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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2017-01-28T17:00:00-06:00
Where:
Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum
1440 Monument Ave.
Springfield IL 62702

The New Philadelphia Town Site is the original site of the now-vanished town of “New Philadelphia”, Illinois. It is located near the city of Barry, in Pike County. Founded in 1836, it was the first town in the United States platted and registered by an African American before the American Civil War. The founder Free Frank McWorter was a former slave who was able to save money from work and his own business to purchase the freedom of his wife, himself and 13 members of his family in Kentucky.

Thanks to the Illinois State Museum and the descendants of Free Frank McWorter, the Museum will be hosting an exhibit about New Philadelphia, IL and the McWorter family.