SEAWRIGHT SHARES ITS MISSION. IF YOU WERE AN ESCAPED SLAVE, YOU WERE RUNNING FROM PORTLAND IN KENTUCKY, ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER, ONE MILE, AND YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF RIGHT HERE IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE TOWN CLOCK CHURCH IN WHAT IS NOW DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY. FROM THERE, YOU WOULD FIND YOUR WAY TO FREEDOM. THIS IS HISTORY THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE TOWN CLOCK CHURCH WANT TO HELP. TRY TO PRESERVE. LET IT RESOUND LOUD AS THE. ROLLING SEA. IT맥스카지노�S PIVOTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS LANDMARK REMAINS IN THIS COMMUNITY. KIMBERLY GOOD ATTENDS SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, AND SHE맥스카지노�S ALSO ON THE FRIENDS OF TOWN CLOCK CHURCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF BLACK CHURCHES AWARDED THEM A $200,000 MATCHING GRANT. WE WERE ELATED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF FUNDING, POTENTIALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS PHENOMENAL CHURCH AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THIS CHURCH. BUT THEY NEED TO RAISE $75,000 MORE TO GET IT. BOARD MEMBER JERRY FINN SAYS RAISING THAT MONEY WILL MEAN NEVER HAVING TO ASK FOR DONOR HELP AGAIN. WE맥스카지노�VE ALREADY HAD AN ENDOWMENT STARTED, AND SO THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE CAN ALWAYS MAINTAIN THIS HISTORIC BUILDING. BUT TO SEE HISTORY UP CLOSE. WATCH YOUR HEAD HERE WHEN YOU ENTER IN THIS AREA. WE FOLLOWED CHAUNCEY ROBERTS ON A TOUR UNDER THE SANCTUARY. FREEDOM SEEKERS. THEY WOULD COME DOWN IN HERE. IT WOULD BE PITCH DARK DOWN HERE. YOU DIDN맥스카지노�T KNOW WHO WAS FRIEND OR FOE. TRY TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS YOU COULD FROM THE RIVER, BECAUSE FREEDOM WAS ONE MILE AWAY. CHURCH PASTOR LEROY MARSHALL SAYS THE LAST FEW YEARS, WITH DIVERSITY INITIATIVES AND REMINDERS OF HISTORY UNDER ATTACK, IT MAKES THIS CHURCH EVEN MORE VITAL. AS AN EDUCATIONAL LANDMARK. THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE CIVIL WAR, MANY OF THEM HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE HISTORY. WE WANT THINGS LIKE THEY USED TO BE. AND FINN SAYS IT맥스카지노�S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS OPEN FOR WORSHIPERS TO MAKE SURE THIS HISTORY ISN맥스카지노�T HIDDEN. YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REMEMBER THE STORIES, TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO RISKED EVERYTHING TO DO WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR HEARTS WAS THE RIGHT THIN