This Boulder Marks the National Trail

Historical marker location:

Braddock Heights, Maryland

( Marker is on Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40) 0.1 miles west of Ridge Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1924

General Braddock Monument.

Harriet Tubman, a famous abolitionist, was born in Maryland: Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and became a famous abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She later returned to Maryland many times to lead other enslaved people to freedom.