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Come celebrate the birthday of Josiah Henson, Underground Railroad Conductor and Montgomery County resident on Saturday, June 13 from 10 am to 4 pm. This event is free and open to all ages. Activities include archaeology tours, a storyteller, and crafts. In case you're not familiar with Josiah Henson, Reverend Henson's 1849 autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s landmark novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Josiah Henson Museum & Park is the former plantation property of Isaac Riley where Reverend Josiah Henson was enslaved.