8" Howitzer

Historical marker location:

200 Parkway Drive, St. Charles, Michigan

( Memorial is at the intersection of North Saginaw Street (State Highway 52) and Parkway Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Saginaw Street.)

Michigan played a key role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Detroit was an important hub for the movement, and Michigan was the first state in the Northwest Territory to outlaw slavery in 1837.