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A Harriet Tubman reenactment was performed by Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux at the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance Thursday, at Fort Leonard Wood.
The soft gospel lyrics of ‘Walking on the Water’ played over head as soldiers, friends and Department of Defense employees filled Lincoln Hall auditorium.
Opening remarks came from Col. Charles A. Williams and Fort Leonard Wood Garrison Commander, welcomed guests.
Thibodeaux reenacted the journey of Tubman from slavery at a young age to freedom. Tubman ran away from her plantation and following the north star to free land in Penn- s-
ylvania; where she encountered little Sarah who would promise to teach her to read.
Nonetheless little Sarah and her parents were hung for supporting the Underground Railroad and helping to free the slaves; Sarah never had the chance to teach Tubman how to read.
Thibodeaux retold the story of Tubman going back to help free her brothers and to free other slaves. The reenacted Tubman carried a long rifle in hand and would warn any escapes that is they considered returning back to their plantation or surrendering, she would shot them.
“In the Civil War I served with the Union Army as a nurse, cook, laundress, scott and spy behind Confederate lines when I cooked for them,” said Tubman. “I was General Tubman.”
According to the Women in History, living vignettes of notable women for the U.S. History, Tubman in 1862, she moved to Beaufort, S.C., with several missionary teachers to helped hundreds of Sea Islander slaves transition from bondage to freedom.
A Harriet Tubman reenactment was performed by Melissa Waddy-Thibodeaux at the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance Thursday, at Fort Leonard Wood.
The soft gospel lyrics of ‘Walking on the Water’ played over head as soldiers, friends and Department of Defense employees filled Lincoln Hall auditorium.
Opening remarks came from Col. Charles A. Williams and Fort Leonard Wood Garrison Commander, welcomed guests.
Thibodeaux reenacted the journey of Tubman from slavery at a young age to freedom. Tubman ran away from her plantation and following the north star to free land in Penn- s-
ylvania; where she encountered little Sarah who would promise to teach her to read.
Nonetheless little Sarah and her parents were hung for supporting the Underground Railroad and helping to free the slaves; Sarah never had the chance to teach Tubman how to read.
Thibodeaux retold the story of Tubman going back to help free her brothers and to free other slaves. The reenacted Tubman carried a long rifle in hand and would warn any escapes that is they considered returning back to their plantation or surrendering, she would shot them.
“In the Civil War I served with the Union Army as a nurse, cook, laundress, scott and spy behind Confederate lines when I cooked for them,” said Tubman. “I was General Tubman.”
According to the Women in History, living vignettes of notable women for the U.S. History, Tubman in 1862, she moved to Beaufort, S.C., with several missionary teachers to helped hundreds of Sea Islander slaves transition from bondage to freedom.
