Last week, Prints and Photographs Division staff had an opportunity to participate in Washington, D.C.’s first annual celebration of Harriet Tubman Day, which represented several very satisfying convergences.
The official Harriet Tubman Day is March 10th, the date of Tubman’s death (the date of her birth is not known). The celebration was held March 8th at the historic Charles Sumner School building in Washington, D.C. The celebration was timed perfectly for our staff to join in by introducing attendees to a previously unrecorded portrait of Harriet Tubman that had just become available online.