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The Freedom Train (graffiti); a graffiti artwork painted in 1976 to commemorate the Bicentennial. Here Comes the Freedom Train; a song performed by Merle Haggard about the 1975–76 American Freedom Train. Freedom Bell, American Legion traveled on the American Freedom Train alongside a Lunar Rover test article.
The Freedom Train was a seven-car train that traveled across the United States from September 1947 until January 1949. It was dedicated to the history of American democracy and contained some...
The American Freedom Train (AFT) was a 26-car train led by one of three enormous steam engines restored just for the occasion. Over a 21 month period from April 1, 1975 to December 31, 1976 more than 7 million Americans visited the train during its tour of all 48 contiguous states.
28. Nov. 2019 · All Aboard America is a short 1976 film about the bicentennial celebration train, the American Freedom Train, discussing the project’s inception, design and construction, layout and route. The...
26. Nov. 2017 · On the week of the train’s departure, Langston Hughes published a new poem, “Freedom Train,” in The New Republic, in which the poet hinted at future trouble: The Birmingham station’s ...
Freedom Train. National Archives. The Freedom Train served as an early effort to unite the American people against the threat of communism. Carrying over 130 pieces of U.S. history ranging from documents to flags, the Freedom Train reached 3.5 million people across the United States. During its journey, the Freedom Train stopped in three ...
The Freedom Train included the movement’s iconic mules and wagons to symbolize the injustices of tenant farming, sharecropping, and the plantation economy. During segregation, traveling could be dangerous for African Americans who had few public accommodations to service them.
