Garrett County's Honored War Dead

Historical marker location:

401 K Street, Mountain Lake Park, Maryland

( Memorial is on K Street just north of Philadelphia Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

World War II.

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.