Holy Grove

Historical marker location:

2299 South St, Coventry, Connecticut

( Marker is on South St., 0.2 miles west of Seagraves Rd, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1937

Nathan Hale Memorial.

Connecticut played a key role in the Underground Railroad, which was a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the 19th century. Many abolitionists in Connecticut, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, provided assistance to escaped slaves.