Meaning of Freedom Trails Logo, Freedom Trails: 2 Legacies of Hope

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East St. Louis Race Riot Memorial
July 1-2, 2005
July 1-2, 2005; East St. Louis and St. Louis communities come together to lay to rest the ancestors that suffered the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riots.

Endangered Underground Railroad Sites
The Illinois preservation Agency estimates some five hundred properties in Illinois are associated with the Underground railroad..many are in poor condition.

Governor Touts Tourism
Gov. Blagojevish brings opportunity Returns to Southwestern Illinois. It consists of 5 primary goals to address economic and workforce development.

	Meaning of Freedom Trails Logo Short explanation: We must all strive together to keep the light of hope burning, the pathways to freedom should be in good hands, our collective hands, no matter how tough it has been to navigate our way to where we are now..what course we may take to keep the USA the home of the brave, land of the free. Read below for more.

Dissecting the Images The North Star, the Underground Railroad (UGRR) drinking gourd as our continuous compass to our goals. The lighted lantern, often in the windows of UGRR stations, signaling safe harbor.

Diverse, good hands as guardians of the light, through knowledge, sensitivity, compassion and providers of hope and help.

Remaining images represent the landscape of the state; the rugged trails, winding rivers, forests, rural and urban areas we have followed and crossed to become who we are today. what we have to build towards better tomorrows.