Monument Square
A historic site in Racine, Wisconsin, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Monument Square is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Monument Square haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Monument Square is the gathered — the 'Haymarket' that's the '54 name, the 'largest crowd' that's the Racine's record. The 'committee of 100' is the went — the 'boat to Milwaukee' that's the rescue joined, the 'pickaxes' that's the jail broke. The 'Glover freed' is the won — the 'two years resident' that's the neighbor claimed, the 'Canada reached' that's the ship took.
The 'fourteen days' is the moved — the '133-mile loop' that's the county crossed, the 'nine stops' that's the stations made. The 'marker '03' is the kept — the 'June dedicated' that's the square's memory, the 'NTF' that's the nation marked. Monument is the sparked — the 'square as tinder' that's the crowd lit, the 'Racine rose' that's the city answered.
The file keeps Monument Square: the largest crowd, the committee's boat, Glover's loop, and the marker kept.
Monument Square is the archive's Wisconsin file — where a city answered a kidnapping.
Why this file matters
Monument Square is the archive's Wisconsin file — the square where Racine decided to resist.
A square keeps its crowd — the file's suggestion being that Monument's hold is the decided: the 'largest gathered' that's the city's answer, the '100 sailed' that's the rescue launched, and the 'Glover freed' that's the law broken for right.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Racine square—where the rescue is remembered.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 11WI02, source row 243. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Monument Square's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceMonument Square is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Monument Square's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 11WI02, source row 243. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.