Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led dozens of fugitive slaves to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad and assisted scores of others. We may earn commission from links

People Who were the people behind the Statue? Learn about the designers, builders, and others instrumental in the creation of the Statue of Liberty. Collections The park’s collections consist of tangible objects that help to

An artist’s rendering imagines what Cassini must have looked like as it headed on the first of a series of orbits between Saturn and its rings. NASA/JPL-Caltech Every great journey deserves a grand finale—and for the