Korean War

Historical marker location:

Butler, New Jersey

( Memorial is at the intersection of Main Street (County Route 511) and Park Place, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1987

New Jersey played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North. Many abolitionists in New Jersey helped fugitive slaves, including Harriet Tubman, who is known to have traveled through the state.