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Article: Underground Railroad's poignant connections; D.C. area boasts many links to freedom route.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(COVER STORY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- August 3, 2006
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Byline: Lisa Rauschart, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Drive by the late-19th-century house on West Montgomery Street in Rockville and you might think you were seeing just one more example of late Victorian architecture.
You would be right, of course the plaque on the house says 1893 but you would also be wrong.
"In 1856 this was the Anderson home, and the site of an escape. We don't know if that home was enlarged or knocked down, but there was a house here," says historian Anthony Cohen of Olney, author of "The Underground Railroad in Montgomery County: A History and Driving Guide."
The Underground Railroad: In 1996 Mr. Cohen gained ...