Phelps Community Historical Society is pleased to announce the second in a two part series Voices From the Past takes place on Monday, March 28th . Actress Gwendolyn Briley Strand brings history alive in the role of The Chosen One.? This performance begins at 7:30 PM and is free and open to the public ? so join us at the United Church of Phelps, on 58 Main Street in Phelps for a fun evening. As always refreshments will be served and Ms. Briley Strand will be available for discussion after the performance. Step back in time to experience an amazing life story with ties to the Finger Lakes. As the "Moses of Her People," Harriet Ross Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. She served in the Union Army as a spy & a Civil War scout. Ms. Tubman nursed black soldiers in the Federal City & southern cities and repeatedly risked her life fighting for the freedom that the constitution guaranteed all Americans.

Ms. Briley-Strand was invited to bring Harriet Tubman to the White House for the Fourth of July Celebration in 19919 & 1992. She has also portrayed Harriet Tubman at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the John F. Kennedy Center, and museums and cultural organizations, including the New York State Museum. FREE