The Harriet Tubman Boosters are raising money to install this beautiful mural portraying Tubman’s life from the Civil War through her 54 years living and working in Auburn, New York.

Genesee Elementary School Students with folk duo Magpie (Equal Rights Heritage Center, Auburn, NY)

The mission of the Harriet Tubman Boosters is to honor the life of Harriet Tubman and preserve her legacy for generations to come. The Boosters seek to educate the public about Harriet Tubman’s courageous spirit that carried her from enslavement to freedom; her role as conductor on the Underground Railroad; her service during the Civil War, as nurse, scout, and spy; her activism for women’s suffrage; and her establishment of a home for the elderly and indigent in Auburn.

Harriet Tubman lived the last 50 years of her life in Auburn, New York. She is best known for her work on the Underground Railroad. However, what is less familiar is that she worked as a nurse, scout and spy during the Civil War becoming the first woman in military history to ever plan and lead a raid freeing more than 750 enslaved persons in South Carolina. She was recently inducted into the American Military Hall of Fame as a result. She went on to speak on behalf of Women's Suffrage in several cities in the Northeast and started both the John Brown Hospital and her Home for the Aged for sick and elderly African Americans in Auburn. This mural will represent these lesser known stories of her life and will be displayed on a building in the center of downtown Auburn to help educate both local citizens and visitors to our community about the rest of her story.