Video: Leaders seek to add statues at State House for Tubman, Douglass

>> MY FAVORITE PICTURE IS ONE
OVER THE FIREPLACE.
REPORTER: LIVING HISTORY FILLS
THE MARYLAND STATE HOUSE, THE
OLDEST WORKING CAPITAL BUILDING
IN AMERICA.
AND NOW, STATUES OF TWO ICONIC
AMERICAN HEROES, HARRIET TUBMAN
AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS, MAY SOON
BE AN ATTRACTION FOR THIS
TOURIST MECCA.
>> THE STUDIES IS THAT WE ASKED
THE GOVERNOR TO PUT PLANNING AND
DESIGN MONEY INTO THE BUDGET.
IF HE DOESN'T, WE WILL.
REPORTER: THE PROPOSAL
RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MARYLAND.
-- THESE TWO FREEDOM FIGHTERS
MAY ALSO PROVIDE SOME BALANCE TO
THE STATUE OF ROGER TANEY ON THE
CAPITAL GROUNDS.
HE'S THE U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE WHO
WROTE THE DRED SCOTT DECISION
AFFIRMING THE RIGHT OF SLAVE
OWNERS TO TAKE THEM INTO WESTERN
TERRITORIES.
>> WE ARE ENCOURAGING YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE STATE TO
UNDERSTAND OUR STATE, UNDERSTAND
HOW WE GOT HERE.
REPORTER: TUBMAN AND DOUGLASS
WERE BORN INTO SLAVERY ON THE
EASTERN SHORE.
BOTH ESCAPED.
SHE BECAME THE CONDUCTOR OF THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, HE AN
OUTSPOKEN ABOLITIONIST AND
WRITER.
THE STATUES WILL BE PLACED IN A
SPECIAL ROOM OF HONOR.
TOURISTS WILL PASS NEWLY HUNG
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS OF LORD
BALTIMORE.
ON THE LEFT, THE OLD SENATE
CHAMBER WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON
RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION FROM THE
CONTINENTAL ARMY.
>> THEY CAN HAVE THEIR PICTURE
NEXT TO HIM, THE STATUE, A
LIFE-LIKE STATUE, AND WE WANT TO
DO THE SAME WITH HARRIET TUBMAN
AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
REPORTER: THE STATUES WOULD BE
PLACED ACROSS THE HALL IN THE
OLD HOUSE OF DELEGATES CHAMBER
, RESTORED TO THE A CONTEMPORARY
70'S, ERA TO TUBMAN AND
DOUGLASS.
>> WE BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO
HONOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE
MARYLANDERS WHO DISTINGUISHED
THEMSELVES WHO WERE REAL HEROES
OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD.
REPORTER: THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE
DELEGATES VOTED ON
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT
ABOLISHED SLAVERY AND EXTENDED
CIVIL RIGHTS TO
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
>> HAVE THESE TWO LEADERS ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDES STANDING BACK AND
LOOKING IN ON THE LEGISLATURE
WHO MADE THOSE VOTES.
REPORTER: EVERYONE, INCLUDING
THE GOVERNOR, IS ON BOARD.
BUT FUNDING COULD BE AN ISSUE IN
A TIGHT BUDGET YEA
IF THERE ARE NO GENERAL FUNDS,
ADVOCATES WILL SEEK
APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH THE

Video: Leaders seek to add statues at State House for Tubman, Douglass

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