Harriet Tubman Museum In Cape May Holds Virtual Grand Opening To Celebrate Juneteenth

Howard Monroe reports.

FOR VERY LATEST ON HOW TO FINDA LINK GO TO OUR WEB SITECBSPHILLY.COM.NATASHA, THANK YOU.THE CORONAVIRUS MAY HAVESTALLED MANY PROJECTS BUT IT'SNOT STOPPING ONE OF OUR AREA'SMOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATEDMUSEUMS FROM MOVING FORWARD.THE HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM INCAPE MAY HELD A VIRTUAL GRANDOPENING THIS AFTERNOON.HOWARD MONROE REPORTS ON WHYTHIS DAY WAS SO SIGNIFICANT.Reporter: ALTHOUGH IT'SVIRTUAL FOR NOW OPENING UPTHIS MUSEUM ON JUNETEENTH WASDELIBERATE.HOWEVER WHAT THEY COULDN'TPREDICT IS THAT IT WOULDHAPPEN AS PEOPLE ARE STILLMARCHING IN THE STREETS FORRACIAL JUSTICE.HOW APPROPRIATE.WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.HOW FORTUNATE ARE WE.Reporter: PROGRESSCONTINUES ON THE HARRIETTUBMAN MUSEUM IN CAPE MAY ASDEMONSTRATORS CONTINUE TOMARCH IN THE STREETS DEMANDINGSOCIAL JUSTICE.LINDA ANDERSON TOWN, THETRUSTEE FOR THE MUSEUMALTHOUGH IT'S A COINCIDENCETHE MUSEUM IS AMID PROTESTSFOR RACIAL EQUALITY SHE SAYSIT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TOSPEAK TO HOWARD TUBMAN'SPOWER.I THINK IT'S DIVINE TIMING.I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS JUSTABSOLUTE GOD'S INTERVENTION.HARRIET TUBMAN SHE DIDN'TLET ANYTHING STOP HER.IT WOULD BE KIND OFEMBARRASSING IF WE WERE SOWIMPY WE COULDN'T GET THISMUSEUM OPENED.Reporter: BOB IS THEPRESIDENT OF THE MUSEUM THATSITS ON LAFAYETTE STREET.CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWNS STALLEDCONSTRUCTION WHEN WE FIRSTVISITED THE MUSEUM IN FEBRUARYTHE WALLS WERE DOWN TO THESTUDS.BUT AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUEDON FRIDAY, JUNETEENTH, ACELEBRATION OF WHEN ALL SLAVESREALIZED THEY WERE FREE THEYHELD A VIRTUAL GRAND OPENING.CAPE MAY WAS A STOP ON THEUNDERGROUND RAILROAD ANDHARRIET TUBMAN HERSELF STAYEDHERE AS SHE HELPED GET ESCAPEDSLAVES TO FREEDOM.WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT PEOPLEWILL LEARN FROM HARRIET THAT,NUMBER ONE, KEEP FIGHTING,KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT THEOBSTACLE IS.Reporter: AS THECONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATIONCONTINUES ORGANIZERS SAY THATOPENING UP THIS MUSEUM TO THEPUBLIC WILL BE DETERMINED BY