Lexington Freedom Train Monument

North Limestone & Fourth Street, Lexington, KY 40508

This monument is an effort to memorialize the cruel history of slavery and to help us heal from it, to honor Lewis and Harriet Hayden, two of Lexington’s enslaved who became famed abolitionists, to remember the stories of other enslaved persons in Lexington and to commemorate their paths to freedom via Kentucky’s Underground Railroad.

In the neighborhood?

Here are a few of the best places to visit within walking distance or a quick drive