2008-03-13T08:23:14Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/49526 2008-03-13T08:23:14Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/comment/2939 Anonymous It was at my request that Congressman Cummings and Senator Cardin introduced H.Con Res 310 to establish a National Day of Observance to honor Harriet Ross Tubman. I reside in the great State of Maryland and began studing the history of African Americans in our State. In year 1996 I formed a non profit organization known as the African American Tourism Council of MD. In year 2000 I created the Frederick Douglass Path to Freedom Walking Tour in historic Fells Point near downtown Baltimore. Additionally I hosted three National Underground Railroad Summits in the City of Baltimore. In March 2000, I successfully requested the State of Maryland to enact legislation to designate Marc 19th annually as Harriet Ross Tubman Day of Remembrance in the State of Maryland. Later that same year, November 13, 2000, President Willliam Jefferson Clinton signed into law the National Harriet Tubman Special Resource Act to encourage communities and historians to research and document the travels of Tubman throughout the USA and beyond into Canada. During the month of March, I work closely with Tubman descendants and organize Tributes to Tubman throughout the State of Maryland, presenting re-enactors, special children programs and awarding an annual Harriet Ross Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award to a desrving Marylander. This year I asked my collegues to write letters of support to Congressman Cummings to support my request to establish a National Day of Recognition for Tubman. Additionally, in the City of Baltimore I requested Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway to sponsor legislation to re-name North Avenue to Harriet Ross Tubman Boulevard and a connecting street Caroline Street to Frederick Douglass Avenue. For more information on Harriet Ross Tubman Day, please send an email to loufields@verizon.net or visit my site at www.bbhtours.com. Thank you, Lou Fields. 2008-03-13T08:26:06Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/comment/2940 Anonymous It was at my request that Congressman Cummings and Senator Cardin introduced H.Con Res 310 to establish a National Day of Observance to honor Harriet Ross Tubman. I reside in the great State of Maryland and began studing the history of African Americans in our State. In year 1996 I formed a non profit organization known as the African American Tourism Council of MD. In year 2000 I created the Frederick Douglass Path to Freedom Walking Tour in historic Fells Point near downtown Baltimore. Additionally I hosted three National Underground Railroad Summits in the City of Baltimore. In March 2000, I successfully requested the State of Maryland to enact legislation to designate March 10th annually as Harriet Ross Tubman Day of Remembrance in the State of Maryland. Later that same year, November 13, 2000, President Willliam Jefferson Clinton signed into law the National Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act to encourage communities and historians to research and document the travels of Tubman throughout the USA and beyond into Canada. Yearly, during the month of March, I work closely with Tubman descendants and organize tributes to Tubman throughout the State of Maryland, presenting re-enactors, special children programs and awarding an annual Harriet Ross Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award to a desreving Marylander. This year [2008] I asked my collegues from across the country to write letters of support to Congressman Cummings to support my request to establish a National Day of Recognition for Tubman. Additionally, in the City of Baltimore I requested Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway to sponsor legislation to re-name North Avenue to Harriet Ross Tubman Boulevard and a connecting street Caroline Street to Frederick Douglass Avenue. For more information on Harriet Ross Tubman Day, please send an email to loufields@verizon.net or visit my site at www.bbhtours.com. Thank you, Lou Fields.