The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Darin LaHood’s legislation to establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in Pike County, Illinois, as a unit of the National Park System. The bill passed by a unanimous vote. Click here to read the press release from the Congressman’s office.

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom began what they called a month-long “social media takeover” in honor of International Underground Railroad Month. The New Philadelphia Association participated on September 13th.  Take a look below. Follow us on Facebook for more!

Every June our Likes Lectures tell freedom stories that relate to New Philadelphia.  We gather online again this year to hear four stories every Tuesday in June at 7 p.m. To attend, write to newphiladelphiail@gmail.com for the Zoom details. June 7: The New Philadelphia and Lincoln University Connection, Brigadier General Donald Scott, retired. The New Philadelphia and Lincoln University […]

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis toured the site of the first town in the U.S. platted and legally registered by an African American, Free Frank McWorter, with members of the New Philadelphia Association.  Click here to read the article from the Herald-Whig.

NPA board members Marynel and Jerry Corton were honored with the Friends of the Community Award for 2017.  Cheered by the crowd for their work and dedication for the Barry community, honorees Marynel and Jerry were chauffeured through the parade route of the Barry Apple Festival.  In addition to her work on behalf of New […]

The New Philadelphia Association acquired 20.23 acres of the Arnett estate property of the historic New Philadelphia town site on October 16, 2017.  The parcel includes all of Blocks 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. The NPA now owns 24.76 acres within the town boundaries, 3.10 acres of property on which […]

Authorized by bi-partisan legislation approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, the National Park Service is conducting a special resource study to determine New Philadelphia’s qualifications for inclusion as a unit of the National Park System.  A site visit and community meeting was held on May 11, 2016 and results of the […]

As a member of the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, New Philadelphia participates in the National Park Service Passport to Your National Parks initiative.  Visitors can commemorate their visit to New Philadelphia with a validation stamp in the “additional cancellations” section of their colorful NPS passport, which includes among its many […]

“A People’s College Primer,” 1969, “initially developed for a course at Fisk University, this text went through six editions and became a staple in programs around the nation. Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey” on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, part of the “A Changing America” exhibition.

Family treasures contributed by the McWorter family and artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations at New Philadelphia are displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as part of the “Many Voices, One Nation”  section of The Nation We Build Together exhibition.  Many members of the McWorter family attended the official opening of the exhibit […]