The “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” is being created to become the foundation for the establishment of a New York Statewide “Freedom Trail” with an economic agenda. A "Freedom Trail" created to promote and encourage pedestrian traffic to the Sixty Two (62) Counties within New York State to:

1. Visit and participate in our prescribed promoted designated historical Underground Railroad Sites
2. Visit and participate in tourism and agricultural initiative.
3. Visit and participate in tourism attractions and various historical institutions.
4. Begin to address telling the complete epic story of the human drama of the New Yorkv State Underground Railroad.
5. Commemorate and lift up Harriet Tubman as the Icon of the Underground Railroad in New York State.

Importantly, the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” is being created to become a part of the initiation of a Freedom Trail "Link-Up Tourism Trail Strategy" for local economic development in the Sixty Two (62) Counties in New York State. A “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” that will run from New York City North through the various counties within New York State right up to the Canadian Border.

This “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” is being created to become a formidable New York State economic engine with a marriage between agriculture, heritage and tourism to become a singular economic entity identified as "Agri-Heritage Tourism."

The Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation and the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee is about; "What's in for me (you)?" We want you to think about what is in it for you to become a part of the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up”.

"What's in it for me"
really means
"What is in it for you"

"What's in it for you" is that each entity decides the direction that each entity goes in!

"What is in it for you" is the pedestrian traffic to your entity and the publicity that your entity will get from being a part of the Friends of Harriet Tubman Ad Hoc Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition.

The “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” and Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition is a way for friends and members of The Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation and the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee to help promote each other, which will bring people to all of the members' businesses or organizations. This will allow your entity to help with your areas your community economic and the communities’ economics that are the Sixty Two (62) counties that make up New York State.

To give an example: When the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition is in Buffalo, the Committee’s Exhibition will not only promote the businesses or organizations of the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee that are in Buffalo, but will also promote every other business or organization that is part of the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee, the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition and the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up”.

Become a part of the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” you will have the opportunity to have your exhibits a part of The Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition which promotes tourism as a tool for economic development growth. The major economic growth that we are trying to promote is for the members of the Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation and the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee.

The main rule that every entity that makes up the membership of the Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation and the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee is that each members entity or organization that is affiliated with the Forging the Freedom Trail Project Foundation, Inc. and the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee does not give up its right to remain autonomous and will continue in its self determination.

Why is the Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation, the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee, the Friends of Harriet Tubman Ad Hoc Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition and the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” important to you?

The Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation and the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee is a diverse group of people “Working Together” to ensure that the complete and true epic story of the Underground Railroad is researched, written done and told to the people of New York.

A far reaching goal the Foundation and Committee are to make sure that the true epic story of the Underground Railroad, the people of the Underground Railroad is told to the people of New York, America and the World. This can only be done if the people, organizations that are members of the Foundation and Committee are willing to work with other entities to ensure this is done. The Foundation and Committee is willing and will work with any other entities or entity that wants to help with the goals and mission statements of the Foundation and Committee.

The Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition will travel around New York State show casing the members and the friends of the Foundation and Committee, which will give members and the friends of the Foundation and Committee free publicity.

The “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” is a vehicle you that could and will help bring continues pedestrian (tourist and local) traffic and/or attention to your entity. The “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” could in the long term would bring more pedestrian (tourist and local) traffic that would want to spend money at your entity, donate money to your entity and/or tell others about your entity so that other pedestrian traffic and/or tourist will come to your entity. The “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” could be away to ensure that a continues pedestrian (tourist and local) traffic comes to each Freedom Station on the Committee’s “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up”.

Being part of The Forging the Freedom Trail Foundation, the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee, the Friends of Harriet Tubman Ad Hoc Committee Unique New York State Wide Traveling Agri-Heritage Tourism Education Underground Railroad Exhibition and the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” will actually bring your entity major publicity throughout New York State.

The “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “ Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” is the program or project that will help each of the members and friends of the Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee become a major entity in the Underground Railroad Organizations.

Power goes to the entity that has many entities with in that entity. Stature goes to the entity that has many entities behind said entity. Money goes to the voice that is heard over the others because said voice is know to have many other entities that will speak for said entity. The members or the friends of the Committee will now have the voice to speak and be heard and taken seriously because the members or the friends of the Committee will have the numbers that will make any entity what to hear what the member or the friend of the Committee has to say.

One of the other parts of the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” is to link up with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Center has a Freedom Station program (see enclosure information on the Freedom Station program) that each stop on the “New Underground Railroad for Economic Freedom Trail” using the “Agri-Heritage Tourism Initiative Link-Up” will become a Freedom Station. This will give status to the Freedom Station. The name of the Freedom Station would be as an example, the Underground Railroad Project of Albany National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Freedom Station a stop on the Friends of Harriet Tubman Ad Hoc Committee New Underground Railroad.

Respectfully,

George M. Sands, Chair
Forging the Freedom Trail Project Foundation
Regional Coordinator, Forging the Freedom Trail Project Foundation
Friends of Harriet Tubman Committee
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